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 19: Where Do We Go
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The trip back to the meadow was in utter and complete silence. Stephen's body had been carried to the jet and was now lying on the bed in the back room. Everyone but Amanda had gone back to say goodbye; she was already back there and hadn't left the room one time. Enchantra, Gust, and Magneto were the only ones who hadn't bothered. Oddly enough Mystique had indeed gone back and spent a good ten minutes saying goodbye. After everyone else was done Amanda walked back there and stayed with him the rest of the trip. The funny thing was that neither Mystique nor Magneto seemed angry or even upset about the fact that Evan and Cheyenne had completely gone against everyone. As a matter of fact, the only ones who were ready to kill them were the four teenagers that were with them. The X-Adults seemed rattled about it, but chalked it up to their father. Saying that he had persuaded them.
Jean had told everyone that she and the Professor would keep an eye on Evan and if he were up to something from now on they would know about it. Evan was still worried though. He knew that once word got around to the rest of the students then his social life was as good as done for. As the Lightning Bolt landed in the meadow the silence became almost deafening. John knew he had to leave, although he didn't want to. Thankfully Magneto and Mystique were giving him five minutes to say goodbye as they started the chopper up. He sighed, Amanda still hadn't come out from the back room. He walked back to her and frowned, she looked dead sitting in that chair just staring at her cousin's body. It was as if she were in her own little world, he silently wished he could be a part of that world.
Kneeling down in front of her he gave her a tight hug and kissed her on the cheek. Then, knowing she wasn't in the mood for saying goodbye to yet another important person in her life, he left her like that. Without saying a word to her he just turned around and walked back out. Amanda, though she was not entirely sure what was going on, lifted her eyes slightly as she watched him leave. She wanted to say something, to tell him not to go, to stay here with her. But her mouth was numb and it wouldn't budge.
As John got outside he found Bobby there waiting to say goodbye to him. With another sad sigh he gave him and Marie a hug and then looked from to the other. "Take care of her for me, please." With that he walked the rest of the distance to the chopper and climbed in. Iceman and Rogue looked at each other and gave a half smile. They knew whom John was talking about, and they knew they would do their best. As they began the not so long journey back to the school Evan had a lot on his mind. 'If I go, then that will allow Amanda and John, and well, everyone to be happy. But if I stay, then I won't be happy.'
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Professor Xavier sat in front of Amanda and sighed. The teachers were all around. "Amanda, I know you don't want to accept it. But he won't be waking up." She nearly fell out of her chair. "Just give him one more day! Please!" Jean frowned sadly. Somewhere along the way back Amanda had convinced herself that Stephen wasn't really dead and that he would open his eyes any day now. She was now trying to talk Xavier into allowing the body to be in the infirmary for a night. Which he wasn't allowing.
After a half-hour of arguing Charles finally gave in. "All right Amanda, all right. He can stay." He began rubbing his temples. The thought of having a dead body in the school for an entire night just didn't sound too appealing. They had been back at the school for about three hours and already things were messing up. "Perhaps you oughta go back to bed Ms. Orlan. Jean?" Jean nodded and helped the still struggling Amanda up to her room.
Logan sighed, "My god. She's losing it isn't she?" The bald man before him nodded and sighed as well, "Yes. I believe she may be doing just that. It isn't her thoughts that make me believe so, it's that the poor thing seems so sure of herself about it."
"Professor. Where do you think Devon and the teleporter ran off to?" Storm looked over at Xavier, a little concerned. He shook his head and glanced out the window. "I just don't know Ororo. Until they choose to stop running, Cerebro can't locate either one. I have, however, done some research on the teleporter. Her name is Sandra Hyen. She is a wanted woman in Germany, Australia, and Europe. Apparently she figured she would try her luck here. Although I still can't see how she is tied with Devon and Tornado…"
"Do you think she's a threat?" Logan raised an eyebrow, this woman sounded interesting, "I'm not entirely sure. I do know that teleportation isn't her only mutation. I can't figure out her other one, hopefully there aren't any more than two. But you never know."
Ororo Monroe looked down at her feet. She knew who the woman was. At least she was pretty sure she did. There was a girl by the name of Sandra with green eyes that grew up with her in New York, [1] and she was pretty sure it was the same woman.
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Evan took one last glance around the mansion. He had only been there a short while, but already the word of what he did had spread throughout the whole school. There was simply no way he could stay here. And he knew just where he was going to go.
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[1] The Ororo in the movie (at least according to the website) was born in New York.
