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 16: No Kid Stuff

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Stephen turned sharply to the left and threw his hand in that direction with his claws out. He nearly connected with something. With a muffled shout Devon jumped back, Stephen now knew where he was. 'It ends now.' In a series of kicks he finally made full contact with Devon's chest and knocked him back against the stone wall. Diablo didn't hear any breathing, 'He must be done for.' He let out a heavy sigh as he headed out the door to find Tornado. 'That was far too easy. Hopefully the old man will be better.'

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Cheyenne groaned as they headed into the familiar building. How did she end up coming back home? 'Oh yeah, the dork causing all this is our father.' John looked over at her and rolled his eyes, 'Why does she have to be so annoying?' She was definitely the type who complains about anything and everything. He held back a chuckle as he glanced over at Bobby, who was also looking rather amused. Once they got inside and reached a fork in the path they went their separate ways. The teens were to go one way, and the adults another. Jean was nervous about allowing that to happen, something just didn't feel right.

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"So. They are finally here eh?" Tornado looked over at the caged Wolverine, who had already found him and had immediately been blown into an adamantium cage. Having previously ran into some of Stryker's other works he knew that the claws could cut through everything, except their own metal. Thankfully he and William Stryker had at one point been good friends, and the good Colonel had installed the cage into Gregory's vast estate. This floor was merely the one he used for times like this; the second floor was the one he lived on. He, his children, and their mother had lived here for a long time before he left. Quite a few years later he decided to take over Stryker's Alkali Lake base to make an army of his own. Sadly the military man had prepared for this and sent in what must have been the youngest slave he had. A boy by the name of Diablo if he wasn't mistaken. Gregory was winning, but sometime during the middle of the fight the kid went through some kind of transformation. His eyes went completely red, all over. And every possible weakness seemed to disappear.

That was when he, Tornado, made his big mistake. He used his power and blew a huge propane tank at the child. Due to his surprised state he ended up missing the boy and it hit the wall behind him, that's when it blew up. The blast had knocked him into a two-year coma. He never heard what happened to the child. 'Probably didn't make it through the blast.' After he woke up he heard his ex-wife and daughter had left the building to move someplace homier. So he returned and began plotting his revenge on the world. While he was a friend of Stryker's he had heard much about the institute that Charles Xavier built. He didn't get a lot of information, as the colonel only had so much of it to give. But he heard enough. Then one day while walking around in the abandoned warehouse where he knew there would be delinquents he began hearing about a child called Devon.

That was when his plan began falling into shape. With that boy's help he would achieve what he needed. He knew his daughter was with them, and with her power he could begin his take-over of the world. He knew there were more out there like her, and if they decided not to help him, he would simply kill them off. Then there would be no troubles. Once again he turned his attention to the screen before him. There were a few cameras that didn't work, that would be where the children would have gone. 'Oh well. Evan and Cheyenne can take care of them. And if not, then I will when they get here. It's the adults I'm worried about.'

"Let's see how they handle this." He smirked, every single one of the adult mutants, except for Wolverine of course, had walked right into his trap.

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"It's a dead end." Storm looked around. The room looked endless from the hallway, but once inside it's easy to see that it's just a room. 'And a small one at that.' Jean frowned as she noted small holes in the walls. "We have to get out of here, now." They were all confused but ready to follow her, when a stone door slid from above the entryway and slammed shut. There was no way out. That was when the room began filling with some kind of gas. Everyone looked at Kurt, "Get us out of here!" He nodded and everyone grabbed on to him as he attempted to teleport. Nothing happened. "I can't! Somezing isn't letting me!" By this point the gas was beginning to take hold of them all and one by one they began falling down, asleep.

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Cheyenne couldn't help but smirk. She knew her father was up to something the moment she walked into her old home. So she suggested they split up, luckily everyone fell for it. She was also the one who suggested the adults go to the left, and she and the others would to go the left. Well, she took over that one-eyed guy and made him suggest it. Same difference anyway. She also knew it wouldn't work if that German guy could get the adults out of the gas chambers. So she did a little toying with his mind while she and the others were walking. Making him act like he couldn't use his powers. 'By the time they wake up they'll be under my control.' She took a glance over at John, 'Why not give it one more shot?'

John blinked, he was feeling a little sleepy all the sudden. Then it hit him. He had felt like this before, it was always right before and after he blacked out. Pyro knew he hadn't blacked out a second ago, so it must mean he was about to. Glaring he looked over at Enchantra, the little bitch was concentrating all right. With all his will he was beginning to force her out of his head, "You're not going there again, slut!" This was enough to break her concentration as she glared up at him. "Fine." She looked over at Evan, and he nodded. They had reached the point anyway.

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