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 18: Don't Run Now
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Gregory glared at the boy standing before him. Devon, who was in another room, had merely been unconscious for a few moments after being knocked out. He used the secret hallway to get to Tornado, and he told him all about it. That was when he learned that the boy who caused his two-year absence was still up and about. 'But not for long.' He brought his lips into a disgusted smile as the look of confusion briefly passed over the sixteen-year-old child's face. Then it was replaced by anger. "Tornado." Now all the memories from that night came crashing back down over him. This was the man who had tried to take over Stryker's Alkali Lake base. The one he thought was dead.
Tornado nodded and walked closer. "Tell me, how exactly did a mere child survive that blast that left me, a grown man, in tatters?" Stephen smirked, "Come on now, knowing Stryker you must know that the only way he could insert metal into me is if I had rapid healing." Diablo was so into the look of surprise that fluttered across his opponent's face that he didn't hear the sound of feet behind him until Logan got into it. "WATCH OUT BEHIND YOU KID!"
The sound of the older man yelling startled Tornado so much that he ran at Stephen, who shot his claws out and inserted all six of them into the wind master's chest all the way up to his fists. "KID BEHIND YOU!" Once again Wolverine tried to stop it, but it was too late. Devon was standing behind Stephen and quickly wrapped his hands around his neck. His powers began working immediately. Wolverine looked away, not liking the look of petrifaction that was plastered on the teenager's face as his life began to drain. 'Where are the others?' Something caught his nostril and forced him to sniff the air. He heard footsteps, and the scent smelled like the kids. Devon, having taken in Stephen's powers, must have heard them too because he dropped the devil who immediately fell to the ground, lifeless. And ran back to the room he was in before, knowing he couldn't take on all four of the others. Still trying to not look at Stephen, Wolverine yelled to them. "ROGUE! IN HERE!"
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As quickly as they could, with one member being injured, the four teens ran down the halls. Not really sure of where they were going. John had to rest, and as he voiced this he leaned one side of his body against the wall, so he could let go of Amanda. The others all sat down to take a breather as well. Then they heard what sounded like Logan. Marie looked up at once. "That was Logan. C'mon. It came from around the corner!"
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As soon as they arrived in the room Amanda screamed and ran over to the body of younger cousin. He wasn't breathing. And as far as she could tell, his heart wasn't beating either. John, Bobby, and Marie all focused on trying to get Wolverine out of the cage. "How the hell did you get trapped in a cage?" The wolf just glared at John. "Just get me out! There's a switch on the other side of the room somewhere. That's where almost all of the controls are." Bobby ran over to the control area, where he spotted something very disturbing. 'So that's what happened to the adults.' On one of the security screen before him he could see a room filled with some kind of sleeping gas, but he could clearly make out the forms of the older mutants. Searching around the control panel he clicked the button labeled 'Cage' off and the button labeled 'Gas Chamber' off. He would just leave the rest alone.
The second his prison lifted Wolverine darted after Devon. But the moment he reached the door it opened and Devon and a woman walked out. The woman was about twenty-two, average height, African American, and oddly had green eyes. Before they could take too good of a look at her she grabbed a hold of Devon and in a puff of smoke they were both gone. 'So that was the teleporter Jean was talking about.' Knowing it was pointless to try and find them now he walked over to where John was holding Amanda and looked down at the body of the boy who just might have saved the human race. His skin had returned to normal but he was clearly not going to be up and walking around anytime soon.
'He didn't even have a chanceā¦' A shaky voice interrupted his thoughts. "He's dead." Amanda blinked back the tears. Stephen was dead. Her childhood best friend was dead. Her cousin was dead. None of those sounded right, it couldn't be happening. "Why?" She looked up at John, as if expecting him to answer. But he didn't say anything. Just tightened his arms around her as she rested her head on his shoulder. Marie was crying too, but she had walked over to where Bobby was once again staring at the monitor. His voice broke into the silence. "They're awake!" Turning her head she turned her attention to the screen as well and noticed that all the gas had cleared and the adults were slowly coming to.
John began to stand up, painfully. "Come on Amanda. We should go now." The words were soft and she stood up slowly with him. This time Wolverine came over and John leaned against him. "Give her a break for a while."
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Charles Xavier sat in his office. Kaylin Delfuego, Jubilation Lee, Katherine Pryde, Jake Yeltzer, and Allen Patrick were all sitting across from him, looking rather worried. With a sigh he shook his head. No, they hadn't won yet.
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