Thanks for reviewing. Darkwitch/silverdreams Sharmel is Shadow's mother. And no your question isn't stupid, I have a tendency never to explain names, I'll try next time.

By the morning all the X-men were excited to have a new member with them. Shadow shuffled into the room without them noticing and surprised them all when she answered one of their questions.

"Shadow, I never heard you come in!" Kitty gasped.

"Sorry. But what are we doing today?" she looked around at Scott.

"We have to get to a certain point altogether, but obviously there are obstacles in the way."

"Right!" Shadow mused.

"Everyone ready?" Ororo asked from the doorway. Everyone nodded and followed her to the elevator. They all stepped off and the X-men entered the room. As the door closed behind them the surroundings changed. They were standing in the middle of a town square with large building around them.

"Okay X-men. You have five minutes to get to the marked point." Xavier announced through the air. "Time Starts...Now!"

"Jean fly up and see which way to go, Spike cover her. Kitty watch that way, Kurt watch that way. Shadow you watch that way! Go!" Everyone did as they were told while Scott and Rouge watched Jean fly up.

"It's to the left, go past the church and up the hill." She shouted and then flew down.

"Okay X-men lets go. Spike and Kitty watch our backs, Kurt take left, Shadow take right, Jean keep above, Rouge you and I take up front. Lets move!" They ran as fast as they could through the streets with Jean guiding them round. As they neared the church they came across their first obstacle. A fire broke out and blocked their path.

"Kurt can you teleport us over there?" Kitty asked.

"Not this many, I think I can get four across."

"That's good, I can try fazing through, and Jean and block it for herself. Right Jean?" She looked up at Jean.

"Sure." And both set off. Scott, Shadow, Spike and Rouge touched Kurt as he teleported them through the flames.

"Good you guys. Jean!" He cried as she fell from the sky. Kurt teleported up to her and teleported her back to the ground. "She Okay?" He ran over to her.

"Yes!" She answered as she got up. "Watch out!" She pointed to three men with guns.

Spike leapt forward and fired at the first. The spikes hit the gun and then pinned the man to the church wall. Scott fired at the second gun as Kitty fazed through the floor beside the third man and grabbed his gun. The three man ran away scared as they group ran to the bottom of the hill.

"Two minutes left, hurry!" They began to run up the path but were once again stopped by a problem. An entire army of robot solders stood waiting for them. Everyone stood in shock until Shadow cried out.

"Get down!" Everyone hit the floor and crawled behind a large oak tree. Beams went whizzing by them as the army opened fire. Shadow motioned for everyone to listen. "Do we have to fight them?" she asked.

"No! We just have to get to the check point." Scott explained.

"I've an idea..." The group huddled close.

"GO!" Shouted Scott. Evan fired out at the army, impaling most of the front row while Jean sent out a blockade to protect the group as they got into place.

Evan moved to the back of the group while Scott went to the right, Jean moved above and to the left while the others gathered just behind Shadow. She closed her light eyes and opened her hands. Holding them to her sides; the ground rumbled and groaned as it lifted up into the air. Wings formed on either side of the body and a head lifted up with Shadow behind the neck. Scott was by one wing, Jean above the other, spike by the tail and the others on the main body. The wings flapped up and down and Jean's feet hit the soil bird as it lowered its neck and flew straight over the army. The army fired upwards but only hit soil and rocks that came down on them.

"30 seconds lets go." Scott bellowed as he fired into the masses.

"I can't make this into a jet, only and animal, so unless you want a cheetah amongst them you gotta deal with it!" she cried back.

They eventually landed down and everyone touched the center pad. The scene around them changed and the room came into view.

"Alright, we did it!" Kurt cried jumping up and down.

"That was good thinking Shadow!" Scott said clapping her shoulder.

"You did well X-men." Xavier said as he came into the room. "Now rest up and well have an early lunch out!" Everyone cheered as they ran out the room.

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