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 6: Flight of the Phoenix

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"We should be there any moment now." Ororo looked back at Kurt in the seat behind Cyclops. "Are you ok back there?" Nightcrawler nodded, "Yes. I am perhaps a little airsick though…" She smiled, the blue acrobat did seem a little off hue. Still smiling she looked over at Scott. "You take control the rest of the way." He nodded and smiled as she unbuckled herself to walk back to her fiancé.

The professor had told them he was positive Jean was still out here somewhere. She was changed, but it was her still. So they were out to find her and bring her back to the meeting point. Scott looked forward, a grim frown replaced the smile. 'What if we don't find her?' He had been having thoughts like this for a while now. There was always the possibility that they wouldn't find her. They had come back several months ago to look for her with the professor, but they had no luck. He was praying she would stay where the professor had told them she was. Because way out here the radio signal wouldn't come through to tell them where she had moved to. His thoughts were still on this as he gently brought the Blackbird to a landing.

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Amanda sat in the Lightning Bolt, the new jet. She looked around nervously, feeling as if she were about to throw up. There was no denying that John was going to be there. It would be her, Bobby, Marie, and John again. But what would she say to him? She could picture in her head how it would be, "Hi, how ya doing? Ya, me too. Am I still mad at what you did? That depends, are you still an ass?" That wasn't much of a conversation starter.

"Is everyone ready back there?" The professor sat in the pilot's seat, and looked back at the others. Everyone nodded, but no one really spoke. Obviously Bobby and Marie were spooked about seeing John again too. Amanda had no clue why Wolverine looked so worried. Little did she know his mind was more on what was going on at Alkali Lake than what was going on here in the jet. The professor had decided that with the growing number of promising X-Men it was time to build another jet. Especially since they need to be in two places at once. So they built an exact replica of the Blackbird and decided to call it the Lightning Bolt. The interior, instead of being blue, was more of a whitish-yellow. Resembling electricity, hence the name.

Amanda was also a little worried about ganging up with Magneto and Mystique. They weren't exactly people who would make her day with their kindness and fun personalities. She shuddered to think that the professor and Magneto were old friends. Now they were mortal enemies, yet somehow remained friends. A million thoughts raced through her head as the jet picked up off the ground and darted outside.

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John glared up at Mystique at the front of the chopper. Remembering for the thousandth time how she tricked him and Amanda apart. He turned his head and noticed that Cheyenne was watching him from his left side. How she had moved close enough to breathe on him was beyond him. He would have to make it a point not to pay attention to her through the whole ride to the meeting point. Maybe then she would catch the hint that he wasn't interested in her in the least. 'But then again, she isn't the brightest bulb in the box.' He snorted softly, causing Mystique to turn around and raise an eyebrow at him. "Something amusing John?" He glared again, "No." She gave him a 'fuck you too' smile and faced the sky again.

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Scott could hardly believe it. There she was, in his arms. They had found Jean without too much difficulty, as she had been flying directly at them. No one, not even she, was sure what happened to her. But the professor would be able to figure that out when they got back. Right now everyone was satisfied with her just remembering them and holding on tightly to her husband. Kurt and Ororo decided to join the fun and they hugged too. Storm smiled, whatever was coming to them would be much easier to handle now that they were all together again.

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