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 17: Final Four
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They had reached what looked like a four-way stop. There was a small room directly to the left of them, and another to the right of them. Then there was hallway behind them and in front of them. At Cheyenne's gaze Evan grabbed John and threw him into the room to the right, Cheyenne did the same to Basilisk with the room on the left. Before Marie or Bobby could do anything Gust and Enchantra had both tripped trick stones in the wall that threw down doors. Blocking the two from each other, and from Rogue and Iceman. "This way you won't get any help!" Cheyenne was rather yelling at Amanda. "I told you I didn't like you, now I'm gonna do something about it. Let's see… How about you kill yourself?" Basilisk backed away and attempted to run over to the switch. Cheyenne laughed. "It's not that one idiot. That's a one way. Go ahead, try it." Amanda kicked the stone again, nothing happened. Cheyenne continued, "There's another one somewhere in this room. Only I know where it is. And I won't hit it until I've killed you. Of course there's also another on the outside in the hallway that opens both of the doors. But I'm pretty sure you're little friends won't be able to find it. And there's no point in yelling, every single wall is soundproof."
"John's gonna get out and he's gonna kill you if I haven't already." Enchantra smirked again, "Didn't I tell you? The room that you're little boyfriend and my brother are trapped in can only be opened from the outside. Once I've gotten rid of you I will kill your icy friend and his untouchable girlfriend and open that door up. If Evan has killed off John by then, I'll do it myself." Amanda blinked, this girl seemed to have everything figured out. 'Damnit! Wait, the others...'
"The adults will murder you when they find out." Once again Cheyenne merely smiled. "They're inside a gas chamber, and might I add they won't be waking up for a long time. And when they finally do come to, my father's plan will already be in action." Amanda opened her mouth to speak again but Cheyenne held up her hand, "Enough chit-chat. Let's get down to business." With that said she focused on Amanda, attempting to control her.
Basilisk, having been under another mutant's control before, knew what it felt like. And thanks to some practice with the professor she knew how to block a weak take-over from happening. So with all the strength she could muster she held Cheyenne at bay. Cheyenne wasn't extremely weak, however, and Amanda knew that if someone didn't do something soon. She wouldn't be able to hold her off too much longer.
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John stood up, Evan had been continuously throwing him into the wall with his short surges of wind that came from seemingly nowhere. It hurt to stand up because when Evan first threw him in the room, he had twisted his left ankle. 'I've got to get my lighter.' Then a frightening thought hit him. Even if he did manage to get his lighter and send a fireball at Evan, he could just send a gust of wind and it would plummet back at him. 'Holy shit, what am I gonna do now?' He was leaning against the door, but he could find no stone to kick in that might open it.
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Marie and Bobby had spent the last ten minutes feeling around the doors for a trick stone. "I don't get it. It always works in movies." Bobby looked around. Then he saw it. Right next to the stone that Cheyenne had kicked to shut her door there was a tiny indentation. Without saying anything to Marie he ran over and began messing with it.
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She was weak from fighting off Cheyenne, but if she could just knock her out or something… Suddenly a loud noise that sounded much like an avalanche rang through the air and it seemed to startle Enchantra. This gave Amanda enough time to run up and kick her towards the door. What happened next was almost too perfect to register. The noise had been the doors beginning to lift. John, because he had been leaning against his door, fell and slid into the hallway outside just as Cheyenne came tripping over him and fell into the other room. Before either Cheyenne or Evan could understand what was happening Bobby pushed the rock back in place and both doors slammed shut. "We better run before they get out of there."
Amanda's face suddenly broke into a relieved smile. "They aren't getting out of there. Enchantra told me that that door can only be opened from the outside. This whole place is like a maze and that's just one of the many things about it." John groaned from the floor. "Guys. I'm not sure if I can walk. I can barely stand. When Evan threw me in there I landed on my ankle wrong, I think it might be sprained."
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Cheyenne banged her head against the door. "They all know how to block my power! I can't get to any of them. Damnit!" Evan paced, worriedly. "I knew I shouldn't have listened to you!"
"Chill out! Dad will take care of them when they reach him."
"You have no clue what those four out there can handle when put up to it! I know all the
things they've done."
"I'm telling you that dad will take care of it! He won't let us down."
"That's what you said when he left us, and look where that got us!"
"Don't talk about him like that!"
Evan just glared at her. How could she still trust their father after all he did to them?
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Amanda kneeled down next to John. "You have to come with us John. We can't just leave you here. Come on, we need you..." He looked up at her, she was just a shadow in the dim light. "…I need you." That was probably the only time he would ever hear her say that, so despite the pain he stood up, leaning on her and they all started walking.
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'What's that?' Diablo sniffed again. There was a new smell in the air. He had been scrambling around for a while now, but now he thought he finally was getting somewhere. The new smell was either that teleporter Jean was talking about, or it was Tornado himself. All the guards smelled the same, and there weren't too many of them either. Spotting yet another trick stone he hit it and a door opened right before him. The room in front of him was highly lit up, and he could see the one known as Wolverine trapped inside a cage. 'Couldn't he just slice through the bars?' He sniffed again, 'Adamantium.' "So glad you could make it… Diablo."
