A/N: Pretty good if I do says so myself. It only took me two weeks to get this bad boy done! I hope you enjoy this chapter which by the way is the second to last. L Sad huh? But if your looking for some good funny stories about the Lord of the Rings characters I highly suggest checking out some of the fics in my favorite stories section. Exeter has a pretty funny silly story and Gamgeefests stories are pure gold. Thanks to everyone that took the time to review.
Nienna of Sorrow: Yeah I knew that the Arwen thing would be really intriguing. Thanks for the review and your all around support.
LDS sunshine girl: I'm glad you liked the last chapt. Don't worry Pippin is fine just read and find out what happens. Thanks for reviewing
Mia: Sorry I wasn't trying to be mean by ending the last chapter at Mags. Entrance just thought it would be more suspenseful and now your really looking forward to reading this one. Thanks for the reviews!
Chapter 12
He who holds the Ring.
"Wake up lad! Wake up!" the voice demanded "We haven't time, wake up!"
"No," Pippin responded "Just a few more minutes I was having the most wonderful dream!"
"I'm afraid I cannot allow you to sleep." the voice said "We are being attacked, by Magneto!"
"Magneto!" Pippin gasped throwing his eyes open, only to see before him a big, furry, blue…
"ORC!" he screamed jumping up and running he once again found himself in a completely foreign environment.
"Not this again," Beast said rolling his eyes, not wanting to waste anymore time. He quickly pounced to the screaming hobbit and put his hand over his mouth. "I am not an orc and I will not hurt you!" he said "I have to know what you are doing! You just came in here pulled out your sword and cut the main power cord to the central computer controlling the security system! I just barely got it working for the love all that's holy! Now I'm going to take my hand away from your mouth and your going to explain yourself."
Pippin panted as Beast pulled his large hand away. "Where am I?" finally said "The last thing I remember is Magneto sticking a needle in me and putting something in me and falling asleep."
"Magneto did something to you?" Beast asked.
"He put metal in my food so that he could control me. When he held up his hands I couldn't move." the hobbit said still in shock.
"He must have sedated you and controlled you from just outside the mansion so that you could disable the security, facilitating his entrance in the mansion." Beast theorized.
"What?" Pippin asked.
"But that wouldn't work unless he had someway of seeing from your POV." the mutant pondered he quickly turned and looked Pippin over.
"Excuse me," Pippin asked "But what's going on? Who are you? Where am I?"
"Eureka!" he exclaimed reaching and pulling a small object off of Pippin's cloak "If my eyes don't deceive me, We've been on Candid Camera!"
"Um…Sir," Pippin began but Beast cut him short realizing the hobbit needed answers.
"You are in a place for special people. The man named Magneto followed you here and is more than likely trying to get the Ring from Frodo."
"Frodo, is here!" Pippin beamed excitedly "What about the others! Merry!? Sam? Strider?"
"I only pray that they were able to get Frodo away before Magneto entered."
Pippin looked around, "I don't see him." the hobbit said from above there was a loud thud.
"He is here alright." Beast said.
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"That was a warning X-man!" Magneto said; before him stood the X-men and the Fellowship who were trying to hide Frodo from his view. Cyclops and Aragorn stood defiantly before the terrorist. There was a metal barrier lying before them that had been partially incinerated by an optic blast as Magneto had flung it at them. "If you give me the Ring now I will leave, and you and friends may live. I will not guarantee that, if you do not cooperate!"
"and I am only giving you this one warning!" Cyclops said. "We didn't defeat this army just to have you come and take the ring! If you touch anyone here, I swear I will blow your head clean off. Force field or not!"
"Fine then Cyclops," Magneto scowled "I cannot see where the hobbit is that has the Ring but I will soon enough and I will not touch a single one of you." before anyone could move Magneto raised his hand throwing Cyclops back against a wall knocking him unconscious with a magnetic wave. With another hand raised the Fellowship were all pulled toward the mutant terrorist, by any metal they had on them.
"NO!" Frodo screamed holding on to the Ring which was at the end of it's chain pointing straight at Magneto.
"There you are!" he said triumphantly, increasing his pull on Frodo who screamed out as he was being dragged toward the Master of Magnetism.
"Frodo!" Sam cried out as Aragorn grabbed on to the hobbit to keep him put. The pull finally stopped as Rogue slammed her fist into Magneto, knocking him down.
"No, Magnus!" she yelled "Can't you see that this will only destroy you!" Frodo had begun to run up the stair in an effort to escape. Merry, Sam, Jubilee, and accompanied him.
"Rogue you never understood me very well did you." Magneto said as one of the metal sheets protecting the window flew at her wrapping around her so she couldn't move.
"Chere!" Gambit cried jumping forward trying to help her free.
"If this Ring is as powerful as I hea.." Magneto was cut short as Gimli hollered throwing an axe at him. The weapon stopped just short and remained floating in the air, the mutant raised a hand and Frodo was suddenly pulled by the chain on his neck just before he could enter a doorway, Frodo quickly grabbed the Ring before it could break from the chain. Before he could be attacked again. Magneto raised his other hand, suddenly swords, weapons and even metal armor seemed to come alive and flew up from dead orcs.
"I will have the Ring!" Magneto declared as he sent the metal flying every direction. The defenders had to block frantically to keep from being impaled or stabbed by the projectiles. Magneto flew toward Frodo but was stopped just short of him as Beast flew at him from above and smashed right into him. The Mutant quickly latched his large feet around Magneto's head and flung him backward with the momentum of his attack. Magneto landed on his back in the middle of the stairway.
The door in front of Frodo suddenly opened and Pippin put his head out.
"Hey Frodo come on!" he said with a large smile.
"PIPPIN!" Merry exclaimed excitedly as they ran into the room. "Where have you been!"
"There's no time. We have to get out of here." the other hobbit responded running toward another door. "Magneto's after the Ring."
"Thank you Captain obvious" Jubilee said sarcastically
Pippin made toward the door then stopped. "I just realized." he said. "I don't know how to get out of here!" Jubilee stepped forward grabbing the door, leading the hobbits out.
"Follow me," she said "Professor X has a secret elevator in his office, we can use it to get to the hanger."
"and then?" Sam asked
"And then," Jubilee said "I guess I'm going to try to fly us out of here."
"You mean you can't fly!?" Merry said
"Hey! Give me a break!" she said "I'm only a teenager!"
"Well she's nice," Pippin said looking to Merry "A regular easterling if I do say so myself."
"Shut up Pippin!" Merry said.
An all out battle had begun as Magneto tried to follow the hobbits. Rogue had managed to free herself and Cyclops had woken up. He now found himself being attacked on all sides. His magnetic force field kept them at bay but he was not making progress either. Cyclops was blasting at the shield trying to wear him down.
"I was watching your battle with that army, Cyclops" Magneto said "Most impressive but I also know that you cannot keep your attack up for much longer as worn out as you must be from the fight."
"YOUR GOING TO BE STOPPED MAGNETO!" Cyclops yelled. His head was swimming he knew the other mutant was right he couldn't keep going much longer.
"No," Magneto retorted. "You will help me stop the others." a mirror suddenly detached itself from the wall flew in between him and Cyclops' beam redirecting the blast right into Gimli who was fending off metal projectiles. The dwarf collided with the wall. Psylocke ran to defend him from the hail of weapons that was about him.
"STOP!" Cyclops cried clenching his eyes shut, cutting off the beam. Turing his head he tried to open his eyes to attack from another direction. Only to briefly see the mirror right in front of him. Before he could react, Magneto opened his visor and Cyclops was blasted by his own beam.
"Elendil!" he heard from behind and recoiled just as Aragorn slashed him with his sword. Magneto had let his force field down so he could concentrate on taking out Cyclops, before the ranger strike again, he found himself being raised of the ground by his chain mail, "Pathetic." the mutant hissed as a sword broke away from the maelstrom below them and flew straight at him. "Your kind has no place on this earth." Magneto suddenly fell back as arrow flew into his shoulder. Legolas ran up the stairs with another arrow drawn. Stepping up to Aragorn who had been dropped when the villian fell. The metal projectiles fell to the ground as Magneto could not concentrate enough to control them.
The mutant terrorist winced in pain as he removed the arrow. Looking up he was met with a view of several X-men and Fellowship members. Wolverine grabbed him an threw him against the wall. Before he could react he found claws on either side of his head.
"Since this Ring got here I've been beat, stabbed, poisoned, and almost diced to pieces by an army of monsters." Wolverine said. "Don't give me an excuse to go for claw number 3."
"You wouldn't," Magneto said almost as if he was mocking the other mutant "Charles wouldn't let you!"
"Too bad Chuck ain't here right now, huh bub?" the other mutant smirked. Aragorn put his hand on Wolverine's shoulder.
"but, I will not allow you to." he said, his gaze met Magneto's "Leave now. You are outnumbered there is no way that you can defeat us."
"I disagree." Magneto said magnetically pushing Wolverine away. The Master of Magnetism launched himself into the air. The mansion fire sprinkler system was suddenly activated. The defenders stood drenched and confused as to what was going on. Parts of the wall and ceiling suddenly gave way as electrical cords began to pull themselves from their set places. Sparks flew as they hit the floor and shocked everyone in the room, Everyone save for Magneto standing triumphantly in the air.
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"We're almost there." Jubilee said as she ran through the corridor with the hobbit's in tow. They had been extra careful to avoid the main hallways so they could keep hidden from Magneto.
"How do you think that the others are doing?" Frodo said. "How strong is this person?"
"Very strong," Pippin said "He almost defeated Gandalf!"
"You've seen Gandalf!" Frodo said excitedly "Where is he!?" the hobbit looked around almost expecting the wizard to appear at any moment to help them.
"Magneto captured him." Pippin said "He's a prisoner at his base"
Frodo seemed to shrink in dismay. The lights above them suddenly began to dim and then flashed out.
"That can't be good," Merry said
"We're here!" Jubilee said opening the door. They entered Professor Xavier's office, things had been overturned when Wolverine had begun to search for the mutant leader. Jubilee ran to the elevator and began to press the down button, nothing happened there was no power.
"This is really bad!" Jubilee exclaimed. "We gotta get out of here."
"How?" Sam exclaimed "That madman is out there somewhere looking for us!"
"We'll go to the garage." Jubilee suddenly said "I'll grab one of the cars." She quickly turned for the door but stopped suddenly as a voice came from behind.
"I'm afraid that won't work Jubilee." Professor X said. They whirled around to see the bald mutant sitting in his wheelchair in a corner.
"Professor!" Jubilee gasped "but they said you left!"
"No Jubilee," he responded "They said that they couldn't find me. It is quite easy to hide when one can alter another's perceptions" he looked at the hobbits. "Frodo,"
Sam stepped in front of his master "You stay away from him you weasel!" he hissed drawing his sword.
"Relax, Gardner," Xavier said. "I mean you and Frodo no harm, but it is urgent that you listen to me now"
"Why?" Sam replied "So you can have that Gollum creature attack us again!"
"Please listen to me." Xavier sighed looking to Frodo "Magneto is coming I can sense that everyone else in the mansion is unconscious. It is only a matter of time before he reaches this place. You will not be able to escape him."
"But we cannot fight him." Frodo said
"No," Xavier responded " you can't"
"What do you want then?" Frodo said
"Lend me the Ring," Xavier said holding out his hand "With it's power I can defeat Magneto with or without his thought proof helmet."
"No!" Frodo said suddenly his hand automatically flying up to the Ring. "Everything that has happened here tonight is your doing! None of this would have happened if you had not tried to take it from me!"
"I see your thoughts, young Baggins" Xavier said suddenly very sternly "The Ring is already beginning to corrupt you otherwise you would give it to me."
"YOUR LYING!" Sam yelled stepping toward the mutant. The debate came to a crashing halt as the door was suddenly ripped from it's hinges, and Magneto entered the room. Jubilee and the hobbits backed into a corner."
"Charles!" he said with a smile on his face "I was wondering where you were. Your X-men were quite dead set that I not have a opportunity to obtain this Ring and now they are simply dead!
"You know you can't lie to me Eric. They're merely unconscious. Leave here now. None of what is happening here is of your concern!"
"Ah! so the shoe falls!" Magneto smirked "You want the Ring for yourself! I'll die before I let you have it!"
Xavier wheeled up to face his one time friend, "Eric," he challenged "You don't know what that Ring can do. You can't handle it."
"and who are you to make such a claim." Magneto countered "from the looks of it I would say that you cannot handle it either or you would already have it!"
"Eric I warn you!" Xavier began but didn't finish as he was suddenly lifted into the air by his wheelchair.
"No Charles!" Magneto hollered "I warn you to stay out of my way I will have that Ring and I will achieve my goals! Mutantkind will rule the earth and no one not even you will stop it!" Xavier was hurled against the wall and fell limply to the ground.
"Professor!" Jubilee screamed beginning to run to her mentor but stopped as Magneto cried out,
"Stop!" Magneto hissed looking to Frodo "Give me the Ring!" but before anyone could react Jubilee turned slowly approaching him.
"What are you doing?" Merry cried but to no avail as she walked until she stood directly before the mutant terrorist, who was flabbergasted at her behavior.
"What do you want girl!" Magneto hissed looking down at the teenager. Who was now wearing a strange smile.
"The Ring is mine…" She said looking straight into his eyes "Eric!"
"CHARLES!" he managed to say before he was blasted in the face by Jubilee's fireworks, knocking him back. Jubilee suddenly collapsed. Merry ran to her, Xavier suddenly got up and held out his hand.
"Frodo give me the Ring." he commanded using his telepathy. The hobbit began to lurch forward.
"Frodo no!" Sam cried but he continued forward with his hand outstretched the Ring in the center as if he were offering it freely. Sam ran in front of him.
"Mr. Frodo!" he said "I know that you can hear me! Don't let him have it. We're counting on you!"
Sam was suddenly thrown aside as Magneto got up furiously waving his hands around wildly throwing metal objects in every direction.
"Curse you Charles!" He hissed "That girl's powers have nearly blinded me!"
Frodo was now only inches from Xavier's outstretched hand. "Yes," he smiled "Give it to me!"
The hobbit's face suddenly contorted as if he was in pain. Sam's words had penetrated Xavier's control. He was suddenly aware of what was going on.
"Give it to us!" Xavier demanded the hobbit suddenly focused on the mutant leader, Frodo's face grew angry with a strange energy. His hand closed tightly around the Ring
"No!" Frodo cried backing away "NO MORE! ALL THIS IS YOUR FAULT! I WILL NOT GIVE IT TO YOU!" the hobbit turned around and began to run even as Magneto who's eyesight was recovering suddenly tackled him. Terrified and enraged at the same time. Frodo kicked him in the face and suddenly vanished.
"What's going on?" Jubilee said as she awaking.
"Frodo's put the Ring on." Merry replied.
"No matter," Magneto hissed the door he had torn off suddenly flew back into place. "YOU CANNOT HIDE FROM ME!" Magneto yelled "I can feel all the metal in this room!"
"Eric no!" Xavier said Jubilee and Merry crawled back to the corner where Pippin still stood terrified.
Magneto stood his eyes darting from one end of the room to the next.
"Jubilee," Xavier said contacting her telepathically "You have to get his helmet off!"
"There you are!" Magneto suddenly exclaimed throwing his hand out. Frodo suddenly screamed still invisible "I think that you have had that Ring long enough!" Magneto clenched his fist, Frodo suddenly appeared hovering in the air a few feet away from the mutant. The Ring no longer on his finger floated just in front of his face "Finally!" he smiled
"NO!" Frodo screamed still hovering in the air but his cries were in vain as Magneto took hold of his prize.
"So this it…" he mused "This is the great all powerful Ring! This is what they didn't want me to possess" he could begin to feel something as he held it. The Ring's shape suddenly changed to the size of his hand "Yes…I think that maybe there is something to what they have said about it after all." his eyes beginning to gleam. Frodo was suddenly dropped as Magneto began to float upward. Now oblivious to all around him. Before the hobbit could react Sam grabbed him and pulled him behind Xavier's overturned desk.
"Sam! Let go!" he screamed "I have to get it back!"
"I know Mr. Frodo," Sam said "and we aim to help you." Motioning to Merry, Pippin and Jubilee. Who suddenly hurled Pippin's backpack at Magneto who was about to put the Ring on. The mutant caught it. While holding the Ring tightly in his other hand
"What is this!" he said curiously annoyed.
"Fireworks!" Merry and Pippin popping up from behind the desk, grinning ear to ear.
"What…!" Magneto began but was cut short as Jubilee fired her paffs straight at the bag, The she and the hobbits hit the floor as it exploded sending the fireworks in every direction. Magneto flew backward causing him to lose the Ring as well as his helmet.
"No! My…" was all he managed to get out when suddenly he began to float in the air "CHARLES WHAT ARE YOU DOING!"
"Using your powers against you." Xavier said grimly
"Please Charles I…" he began but suddenly went flying out the window into the sky until he passed out of view.
"WE DID IT!" Jubilee cried jumping up hugging Merry "THAT'S RIGHT! WHO'S THE HOBBIT? YOU'RE THE HOBBIT!"
"NO! PIPPIN'S THE HOBBIT!" Merry cheered "LET'S HEAR IT FOR PIPPIN'S FIREWORKS!"
"LET'S HEAR IT FOR FRODO AND SAM!" Pippin laughed, they looked to the other hobbits expecting to get a return cheer but there eyes met the worried faces of Frodo and Sam staring at the Professor.
"Oh no." Pippin said
Xavier's hand clutched the Ring with a triumphant smile he pushed himself up. "It's mine again!"
"Professor please." Jubilee said
Frodo suddenly drew Sting "give it to back to me!"
"Do you honestly think you'll even make it within a foot of me." Xavier smirked
Frodo screamed and was about to rush the mutant when the air was split by another shout. This one came from the window.
"SNEAKY XAVIER TRIXED US!" Gollum howled leaping from the window onto Xavier and began to try to take the Ring. Grabbing the crippled mutant's throat. "YOU'RE A LIAR, AND A THEIF! GIVE US THE PRECIOUS!"
"NO MORE!" a cry suddenly came as Sam grabbed hold of the creature and threw him down putting his sword against it's chest. "I'M TIRED OF EVERYONE TRYING TO TAKE THAT STINKING RING!"
Xavier sat panting, holding his neck his eyes transfixed on the creature that was lying on ground now wailing
"No please don't kill us! Don't kill poor Smeagol!" Gollum cried "We needs the Precious please give it to us."
Xavier's eyes shot down to his hand where the Ring now sat then back up to Gollum. The pitiful creature that he had talked with telepathically but had never seen. He looked withered and terrible. Xavier looked to the Ring again.
"Is this what you do to people?" he thought aloud
"What are you doing?" his thoughts attacked "You have the Ring! Put it on and leave! No one can stop you!"
"At what cost?" Xavier countered "The lives of everyone I trust and love? At the risk of becoming like him." looking to Gollum.
"That won't happen to you! Listen to me!" the voice came desperately
"No I think that I have listened to you long enough." Xavier replied banishing the voice from his mind. He was suddenly aware of Frodo standing next to him, with his hand held out. Xavier's eyes shot once more at the Ring, momentarily enticing him. He looked again to Gollum. His eyes grew determined. Slowly his hand met Frodo's and the hobbit took the Ring back.
"I'm sorry…" Xavier chocked out as he began to look around and again realize his mistakes. His mansion was in ruins and many of his students had been injured. Beginning to despair the mutant began hunched over in shame. Jubilee approached him and took him in her arms. She just sat and held him. After a while Pippin approached them.
"Excuse me sir but what did you do to Magneto?" he asked
Xavier's eyes met the hobbits. "I sent him home." he finally replied
"Home?" Pippin said "Back to his base? What good will that do?"
"I have a feeling that he won't receive a very warm welcome." Xavier commented.
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"CHARLES YOU FOOL!" Magneto yelled waking up suddenly. His whole body ached from his battle wounds. His shoulder bleeding, much of his face and chest were scorched. His head pounded. Still the Master of Magnetism stood.
"I will not be defeated like this!" he hollered "I will return and take what should be mine!" Magneto began to make his way to retrieve another helmet when he passed Gandalf's cell. The door was open.
"What!?" he cried running into the room. The wall he had enclosed the wizard in had a gaping charred hole in it. "What happened here!?" he exclaimed looking around suddenly for the wizard.
"WHERE ARE YOU OLD MAN!" he shouted "I'LL BEST YOU AGAIN IF I HAVE TO!"
"There's no need to shout." Gandalf's gruff voice came as the wizard entered the room from the door Magneto had just walked through, holding his staff and blade, the wizard stood tall in front of the terrorist.
"How did you get out?" Magneto demanded
"It was very foolish of you to send Pippin to retrieve the Ring." Gandalf said "he knew where your mansion was."
"So!" Magneto countered
"Apparently a man was able to read Pippin's thoughts and send help." Gandalf replied calmly
"Charles!" Magneto gasped. "But who could have gotten past my security?"
"Someone who can shut it all down with his mind." another voice came as a man stepped in, one of his eyes aglow.
"Cable!" Magneto said.
"Bingo." the other mutant replied leveling his gun at the terrorist.
"I told you that going after the Ring would only lead to grief." Gandalf said lowering his staff.
The Master of Magnetism began to back up in dread."