Thief in the night
Disclaimer: I don't own anything so there would be very little point in suing me. The marvelous characters in this story are owned by the people who own them and not unfortunately by me. If you don't recognize a character then it's mine, all mine.
Summary: Xander encounters the x-men but that'd just be boring so there's a twist.
Spoilers: Not really but let's say X-men 1 and Buffy season 6 to be safe.
Rating: Let's say pg-13 in case I use a bad word.
Author's note: As a reward to you I'm busting my hump and getting out another chapter right away. As a reward to me you can review.
Ok now some of you are going to ask, what is Magneto doing in your fic he should be in jail? So in answer to that question I want to ask you to suspend movie reality for the purposes of this story. I needed a bad guy, there's a bad guy in the movie who happens to be a very cool bad guy. I want said bad guy in my story so he has managed to break out of prison and join me.
Chapter 4 - Who's the guy in the leather?
" My name is Magneto and I believe that you and I can be great friends. "
Xander looked at the elderly man in front of him and then he spared a glance at the shaggy demon standing next to him. The shag was huge well over seven feet tall and he had a thick layer of dark brown hair covering most of his body. A body which at three feet across if not more and stuffed into a coat that looked like dirty brown sheepskin. The thing was huge and if it came down to fight Xander wasn't even 9% sure he could take him.
" You think we can be friends? " Xander asked raising a single eyebrow.
Magneto nodded and a friendly smile appeared on his lips, he looked for all the world to be a loving grandfather. But something was niggling at Xander, something just under his skin and it gave him the creeps.
" Can I ask why I would want to be your friend?" Xander enquired a little confused as to who the hell Magneto was.
" I will explain everything but not here, those fools are coming and I do not wish to engage them at this moment " Magneto started to move away with a sense of urgency and he motioned for Xander to follow him.
" Hell no!" Xander exclaimed before he could stop himself, Magneto turned.
" I understand you have some reservations but now is not the time, now come you must hurry"
" My mom always told me not to go with strange men and you don't get much stranger " Xander quipped and the shag growled at him.
" There is a war brewing between mutants my young friend and at the moment you are standing on the wrong side." Magneto warned his voice grave.
" I'm not standing on any side, because I don't want anything to do with any of you!" Xander exclaimed angrily.
Magneto took a step forwards towards Xander at the same time the door to the fire escape literally blew off it's hinges and was thrown with a bang onto the roof top. Xander ducked away slightly as Scott charged through the smoking wreckage first, followed by Logan and Jean and a white haired woman Xander hadn't seen before. Scott surveyed the roof top and his gaze settled on Magneto.
" Magneto?" Scott ground out in surprise as he recognised the old man confronting Xander on the roof.
" Oh goody" deadpanned Magneto " It's the Y-men "
" Back off magneto " Logan commanded and Magneto turned to face him his eyebrows raised.
" Do you know Wolverine that I have suffered about as much interference from you as I can manage?" Magneto warned raising a single gloved hand.
" Just go Erik " Suggested Jean her tone seemed tired as if she was sick of confronting the old man.
Magneto shook his head once and Logan seemed to freeze, his body contracted so that his whole being was rigid and he floated several inches off the concrete roof. Xander stared at the old man in front of him in shock.
" Magneto " Scott shouted, " Leave him! " He ordered raising a hand to a strange wrap around set of sunglasses Xander couldn't remember him wearing earlier.
Magneto held up his other hand in warning and at the same time Scott flew back against the wall where the fire escape was. His sunglasses forcing his head back until they were pinning him to the wall, a fire extinguisher, which had been secured to the wall by a metal brace, fell to the ground and the metal brace whipped up like a snake and wrapped around Scott's upper chest holding him to the wall.
" Stop it!" Cried Jean starting to run towards Scott who was having a difficult time breathing with the metal strap pressing into his chest.
" No I think you should stay where you are, " Magneto ordered his voice deathly calm. Jean froze half way towards Scott and let out a scream as the fire door recently blow off it's hinges rose into the air and spun towards her.
Jean threw herself to the floor and the heavy steel door hovered over her.
" One move Miss Grey and you'll be a pancake, " Magneto announced smiling. His gaze turned towards the woman with white hair.
" Now Storm are you going to stay still or am I going to have to hurt one of your friends here?" Storms eyes flashed white in anger but she remained perfectly still.
Magneto turned back to Xander who was standing just as still as the other people on the roof. Xander looked away from where Logan was seemingly frozen and turned his stare back to Magneto.
" Come now my young friend we must be off, we have much to talk about. " Magneto extended an arm towards Xander and beckoned for the boy to come to him. Xander wondered how he was keeping the other three in control.
" You know what I think I might just stay here, " Xander announced starting to move away from the Shag who had come to stand several feet away from him. Far to close for a thing that had a reach of several feet.
Xander had been around enough evil to eventually recognize it, and this guy was easier to pick as evil then most things. It was in the way he seemingly enjoyed holding the threat of death over his opponents and it was in the cockiness of his statements. Magneto had no doubt that Xander would go with him, because he had no doubt he could force Xander to go with him.
"Come now child, it is now time for you to pick a side and be careful that you do not choose the wrong one "
" Oh I don't think there's any danger of that" Xander mused and looked to where Logan was frozen. The older man's eyes were boring into him and he turned away from the fierce gaze.
" I think that I'll stay with the guys in the leather, " Xander suggested and Magneto's face broke into a smile. The situation seemed quite tense to Xander.
" What's funny?" Xander asked confused as to why the old man would be smiling now.
" Oh it's just that you have made such a poor choice that I am going to help you to make the right one." Magneto replied.
" Leave him be Magneto " Scott shouted from his position pinned to the wall.
" How exactly are you going to help me make the right decision? " Xander asked an eyebrow raised, as he moved slightly away from the corner of the roof he had been standing in.
" Bear would you be so kind to escort our young friend to the jet?" Magneto ordered.
"Leave him alone!" Jean shouted from the floor.
The shag behind him growled again and moved forward. Xander turned to face him shrugging off the leather jacket as he did so. The coat was much too long for him and Xander didn't want it to interfere with his movement. He studied the huge man in front of him and realized that the name was very fitting. The guy was the size of a bear and certainty had a mean set of claws.
" You have underestimated the gravity of the situation you are in" warned Magneto and without taking his eyes off Bear Xander shot back.
" And you have underestimated who you're playing with. "
" Really?" Magneto asked watching gleefully as Bear descended upon Xander. Bear was maybe 3 foot taller and 3 times heavier then Xander. It was obvious in a fight who would win. Or at least obvious to Magneto.
Bear lunged quickly a set of dirty claws zipping through the air towards Xander's head. Jean screamed a warning and Xander dodged the hairy beast and backed away.
The wind picked up suddenly and Bear's coat billowed in the strong gust. Bear turned and glared at Storm and Xander followed his gaze. The woman, who he had yet to meet, stood stock-still. Her arms held out to her sides and the wind blowing her long white hair into her white eyes. Electricity crackled at her feet.
" No cheating " Magneto warned and Logan let out a sharp cry of pain as his arms which had been held in the air by his sides were suddenly pushed back behind him, straining muscles and making his shoulder's feel like they would burst.
Logan who through the pain knew that he would recover ground out,
" Keep going " To Storm who had stopped her personal weather storm at the sight of her friend's painful contortions.
Storm stood deeply conflicted and the other people on the roof watched as she struggled to make a quick decision.
Xander not sucked in by the drama took the opportunity to attack Bear as he was preoccupied. Dropping to the floor in a crouch Xander swept Bear's legs out from underneath him and the Beast fell back with a crash.
While Bear was still down Xander flicked the leather coat at his head. Bear caught the end of the coat in reflex and as his hands held the coat Xander spun on his heel and sent a round house kick into Bear's face.
The blow, which would have seriously stunned or injured a normal person, seemed to only shake Bear for a moment and he jumped to his feet and started to circle Xander.
" Good for you boy, you have a shot at it! " Magneto taunted behind Xander but the boy ignored him. He was watching Bear and trying to figure out how to beat him.
Granted Xander had an incredible amount of strength and a sprinkling of magic ability thrown in but he had never been trained in how to use it. He worked off instinct. He blocked when his mind screamed 'block!' he ran when his mind screamed 'run!' and he punched when his mind demanded it.
Xander's eyes scanned the scene and caught sight of a structure, which instantly inserted an absurd idea in his brain. But seeing as he lived his life battling demons and vampires and was currently battling a mutant Xander refused to believe that anything was too absurd.
Dodging past Bear, Xander set off in a sprint towards the edge of the roof. Bear thundered after him and Jean let out a gasp as she watched Xander head for the roof edge. Some fifty feet above the pavement. Magneto bellowed
" Get him!"
Coming to the edge of the roof top Xander leapt onto the edge of the roof and jumped straight down. As he fell his hands stretched out and grabbed a hold of a flagpole he had seen jutting out from the roof. Using the momentum his body had already created Xander twisted his body so that he spun up and around the flagpole.
Doing a complete circle around the pole Xander sailed through the air and as he came back up towards the roof. Sighting Bear he lashed out with his feet and kicked Bear hard across the back of the beast's head. Bear who had leaned forward as he came to the edge of the building to watch Xander fall was knocked heavily off balance. There was no chance for him to correct himself. The Shaggy man toppled forwards and fell. He free fell for a moment and then crashed into the roof of a parked car. The impact like an explosion.
Xander completed another revolution on his flagpole and this time as he came up near the roof he let go and after completing a summersault in the air he landed neatly on the roof. Looking over the edge
Magneto looked shocked, although not only shocked but pissed off as well.
" Aww I'm sorry did I throw your buddy off the roof?" Xander asked pointing to the ledge that Bear had just disappeared from.
Magneto stared at him and the flagpole started to shake violently. Concrete tore away from it's base and rained down onto the street below.
" Now Now that's not nice " Xander warned and broke into a run again this time straight at Magneto.
Once several feet away Xander leapt into the air his feet leading the way and allowed his body to act like a torpedo as it crashed into Magneto's chest.
The effect was instantaneous, Scott dove forward as he was released from the wall and dragged Jean free from the heavy metal door that crashed to the ground over the spot she'd been laying. Logan leapt forward as well followed by Storm.
Xander flipped himself to his feet using a move he'd seen Buffy pull off several times. He'd practiced it more then once throughout the years but never with any effect. Staring down at Magneto he stepped forward and lay a heavy boot across the old man's neck and put some pressure behind it. Magneto let out a croak.
" Dale" Scott warned and Xander looked up at him as he leaned a little more weight onto his foot.
" That's not what we're about" Scott explained and Xander exerted a little pressure onto the old man's neck. Magneto grappled with Xander's leg trying to remove the pressure.
" Maybe it's what I'm about " Xander said calmly and applied a little more strength. Magneto let out a choked sound.
" Kid knock it off, " Logan demanded and Xander looked up at him.
Magneto had made him mad, madder then he'd even been at Clive who had shot him the back. But regardless of that Scott and Logan were right, he couldn't kill him.
" Fine " Xander grumbled rolling his eyes, " I won't kill him " He conceded. He felt Magneto relax a little under his foot and he lifted the boot off of the old man's neck.
" Good boy " Logan commented and Xander shot a glare up at the man and kicked Magneto in the side of the head, the old man went limp.
" Dale!" Jean exclaimed rushing forward to check the old man, Xander stared at her. Could these people really be that concerned about the man after he'd tried to kill them all?
" What do you want to do with him?" Jean asked Scott.
" I think we should take him back to the glass bubble he's supposed to be stuck in " Scott answered looking to Logan and Storm for confirmation. Storm nodded but Logan remained impassive.
" What about the Bear, Do we even know who he is?" Storm asked looking towards the edge.
" No but we'll find out later" Scott reasoned looking towards Xander.
" Right now we should get out of here before the cops turn up and start asking questions we can't answer." The group nodded in agreement and Jean stood from her crouch besides Magneto.
" Give us a hand Logan? " Jean asked and Logan nodded and taking a few steps forward he swept Magneto off the floor and up over his shoulder in a fireman carrying the weight of the old man seemingly effortlessly.
"Let's get out of here," Logan suggested heading for the exit, allowing Jean, Scott and storm to pass before him.
" You too Dale" He instructed turning to tell the boy to get a move on but the roof was empty.
AN: Thanks for all the great reviews, you guys have been a great support.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything so there would be very little point in suing me. The marvelous characters in this story are owned by the people who own them and not unfortunately by me. If you don't recognize a character then it's mine, all mine.
Summary: Xander encounters the x-men but that'd just be boring so there's a twist.
Spoilers: Not really but let's say X-men 1 and Buffy season 6 to be safe.
Rating: Let's say pg-13 in case I use a bad word.
Author's note: As a reward to you I'm busting my hump and getting out another chapter right away. As a reward to me you can review.
Ok now some of you are going to ask, what is Magneto doing in your fic he should be in jail? So in answer to that question I want to ask you to suspend movie reality for the purposes of this story. I needed a bad guy, there's a bad guy in the movie who happens to be a very cool bad guy. I want said bad guy in my story so he has managed to break out of prison and join me.
Chapter 4 - Who's the guy in the leather?
" My name is Magneto and I believe that you and I can be great friends. "
Xander looked at the elderly man in front of him and then he spared a glance at the shaggy demon standing next to him. The shag was huge well over seven feet tall and he had a thick layer of dark brown hair covering most of his body. A body which at three feet across if not more and stuffed into a coat that looked like dirty brown sheepskin. The thing was huge and if it came down to fight Xander wasn't even 9% sure he could take him.
" You think we can be friends? " Xander asked raising a single eyebrow.
Magneto nodded and a friendly smile appeared on his lips, he looked for all the world to be a loving grandfather. But something was niggling at Xander, something just under his skin and it gave him the creeps.
" Can I ask why I would want to be your friend?" Xander enquired a little confused as to who the hell Magneto was.
" I will explain everything but not here, those fools are coming and I do not wish to engage them at this moment " Magneto started to move away with a sense of urgency and he motioned for Xander to follow him.
" Hell no!" Xander exclaimed before he could stop himself, Magneto turned.
" I understand you have some reservations but now is not the time, now come you must hurry"
" My mom always told me not to go with strange men and you don't get much stranger " Xander quipped and the shag growled at him.
" There is a war brewing between mutants my young friend and at the moment you are standing on the wrong side." Magneto warned his voice grave.
" I'm not standing on any side, because I don't want anything to do with any of you!" Xander exclaimed angrily.
Magneto took a step forwards towards Xander at the same time the door to the fire escape literally blew off it's hinges and was thrown with a bang onto the roof top. Xander ducked away slightly as Scott charged through the smoking wreckage first, followed by Logan and Jean and a white haired woman Xander hadn't seen before. Scott surveyed the roof top and his gaze settled on Magneto.
" Magneto?" Scott ground out in surprise as he recognised the old man confronting Xander on the roof.
" Oh goody" deadpanned Magneto " It's the Y-men "
" Back off magneto " Logan commanded and Magneto turned to face him his eyebrows raised.
" Do you know Wolverine that I have suffered about as much interference from you as I can manage?" Magneto warned raising a single gloved hand.
" Just go Erik " Suggested Jean her tone seemed tired as if she was sick of confronting the old man.
Magneto shook his head once and Logan seemed to freeze, his body contracted so that his whole being was rigid and he floated several inches off the concrete roof. Xander stared at the old man in front of him in shock.
" Magneto " Scott shouted, " Leave him! " He ordered raising a hand to a strange wrap around set of sunglasses Xander couldn't remember him wearing earlier.
Magneto held up his other hand in warning and at the same time Scott flew back against the wall where the fire escape was. His sunglasses forcing his head back until they were pinning him to the wall, a fire extinguisher, which had been secured to the wall by a metal brace, fell to the ground and the metal brace whipped up like a snake and wrapped around Scott's upper chest holding him to the wall.
" Stop it!" Cried Jean starting to run towards Scott who was having a difficult time breathing with the metal strap pressing into his chest.
" No I think you should stay where you are, " Magneto ordered his voice deathly calm. Jean froze half way towards Scott and let out a scream as the fire door recently blow off it's hinges rose into the air and spun towards her.
Jean threw herself to the floor and the heavy steel door hovered over her.
" One move Miss Grey and you'll be a pancake, " Magneto announced smiling. His gaze turned towards the woman with white hair.
" Now Storm are you going to stay still or am I going to have to hurt one of your friends here?" Storms eyes flashed white in anger but she remained perfectly still.
Magneto turned back to Xander who was standing just as still as the other people on the roof. Xander looked away from where Logan was seemingly frozen and turned his stare back to Magneto.
" Come now my young friend we must be off, we have much to talk about. " Magneto extended an arm towards Xander and beckoned for the boy to come to him. Xander wondered how he was keeping the other three in control.
" You know what I think I might just stay here, " Xander announced starting to move away from the Shag who had come to stand several feet away from him. Far to close for a thing that had a reach of several feet.
Xander had been around enough evil to eventually recognize it, and this guy was easier to pick as evil then most things. It was in the way he seemingly enjoyed holding the threat of death over his opponents and it was in the cockiness of his statements. Magneto had no doubt that Xander would go with him, because he had no doubt he could force Xander to go with him.
"Come now child, it is now time for you to pick a side and be careful that you do not choose the wrong one "
" Oh I don't think there's any danger of that" Xander mused and looked to where Logan was frozen. The older man's eyes were boring into him and he turned away from the fierce gaze.
" I think that I'll stay with the guys in the leather, " Xander suggested and Magneto's face broke into a smile. The situation seemed quite tense to Xander.
" What's funny?" Xander asked confused as to why the old man would be smiling now.
" Oh it's just that you have made such a poor choice that I am going to help you to make the right one." Magneto replied.
" Leave him be Magneto " Scott shouted from his position pinned to the wall.
" How exactly are you going to help me make the right decision? " Xander asked an eyebrow raised, as he moved slightly away from the corner of the roof he had been standing in.
" Bear would you be so kind to escort our young friend to the jet?" Magneto ordered.
"Leave him alone!" Jean shouted from the floor.
The shag behind him growled again and moved forward. Xander turned to face him shrugging off the leather jacket as he did so. The coat was much too long for him and Xander didn't want it to interfere with his movement. He studied the huge man in front of him and realized that the name was very fitting. The guy was the size of a bear and certainty had a mean set of claws.
" You have underestimated the gravity of the situation you are in" warned Magneto and without taking his eyes off Bear Xander shot back.
" And you have underestimated who you're playing with. "
" Really?" Magneto asked watching gleefully as Bear descended upon Xander. Bear was maybe 3 foot taller and 3 times heavier then Xander. It was obvious in a fight who would win. Or at least obvious to Magneto.
Bear lunged quickly a set of dirty claws zipping through the air towards Xander's head. Jean screamed a warning and Xander dodged the hairy beast and backed away.
The wind picked up suddenly and Bear's coat billowed in the strong gust. Bear turned and glared at Storm and Xander followed his gaze. The woman, who he had yet to meet, stood stock-still. Her arms held out to her sides and the wind blowing her long white hair into her white eyes. Electricity crackled at her feet.
" No cheating " Magneto warned and Logan let out a sharp cry of pain as his arms which had been held in the air by his sides were suddenly pushed back behind him, straining muscles and making his shoulder's feel like they would burst.
Logan who through the pain knew that he would recover ground out,
" Keep going " To Storm who had stopped her personal weather storm at the sight of her friend's painful contortions.
Storm stood deeply conflicted and the other people on the roof watched as she struggled to make a quick decision.
Xander not sucked in by the drama took the opportunity to attack Bear as he was preoccupied. Dropping to the floor in a crouch Xander swept Bear's legs out from underneath him and the Beast fell back with a crash.
While Bear was still down Xander flicked the leather coat at his head. Bear caught the end of the coat in reflex and as his hands held the coat Xander spun on his heel and sent a round house kick into Bear's face.
The blow, which would have seriously stunned or injured a normal person, seemed to only shake Bear for a moment and he jumped to his feet and started to circle Xander.
" Good for you boy, you have a shot at it! " Magneto taunted behind Xander but the boy ignored him. He was watching Bear and trying to figure out how to beat him.
Granted Xander had an incredible amount of strength and a sprinkling of magic ability thrown in but he had never been trained in how to use it. He worked off instinct. He blocked when his mind screamed 'block!' he ran when his mind screamed 'run!' and he punched when his mind demanded it.
Xander's eyes scanned the scene and caught sight of a structure, which instantly inserted an absurd idea in his brain. But seeing as he lived his life battling demons and vampires and was currently battling a mutant Xander refused to believe that anything was too absurd.
Dodging past Bear, Xander set off in a sprint towards the edge of the roof. Bear thundered after him and Jean let out a gasp as she watched Xander head for the roof edge. Some fifty feet above the pavement. Magneto bellowed
" Get him!"
Coming to the edge of the roof top Xander leapt onto the edge of the roof and jumped straight down. As he fell his hands stretched out and grabbed a hold of a flagpole he had seen jutting out from the roof. Using the momentum his body had already created Xander twisted his body so that he spun up and around the flagpole.
Doing a complete circle around the pole Xander sailed through the air and as he came back up towards the roof. Sighting Bear he lashed out with his feet and kicked Bear hard across the back of the beast's head. Bear who had leaned forward as he came to the edge of the building to watch Xander fall was knocked heavily off balance. There was no chance for him to correct himself. The Shaggy man toppled forwards and fell. He free fell for a moment and then crashed into the roof of a parked car. The impact like an explosion.
Xander completed another revolution on his flagpole and this time as he came up near the roof he let go and after completing a summersault in the air he landed neatly on the roof. Looking over the edge
Magneto looked shocked, although not only shocked but pissed off as well.
" Aww I'm sorry did I throw your buddy off the roof?" Xander asked pointing to the ledge that Bear had just disappeared from.
Magneto stared at him and the flagpole started to shake violently. Concrete tore away from it's base and rained down onto the street below.
" Now Now that's not nice " Xander warned and broke into a run again this time straight at Magneto.
Once several feet away Xander leapt into the air his feet leading the way and allowed his body to act like a torpedo as it crashed into Magneto's chest.
The effect was instantaneous, Scott dove forward as he was released from the wall and dragged Jean free from the heavy metal door that crashed to the ground over the spot she'd been laying. Logan leapt forward as well followed by Storm.
Xander flipped himself to his feet using a move he'd seen Buffy pull off several times. He'd practiced it more then once throughout the years but never with any effect. Staring down at Magneto he stepped forward and lay a heavy boot across the old man's neck and put some pressure behind it. Magneto let out a croak.
" Dale" Scott warned and Xander looked up at him as he leaned a little more weight onto his foot.
" That's not what we're about" Scott explained and Xander exerted a little pressure onto the old man's neck. Magneto grappled with Xander's leg trying to remove the pressure.
" Maybe it's what I'm about " Xander said calmly and applied a little more strength. Magneto let out a choked sound.
" Kid knock it off, " Logan demanded and Xander looked up at him.
Magneto had made him mad, madder then he'd even been at Clive who had shot him the back. But regardless of that Scott and Logan were right, he couldn't kill him.
" Fine " Xander grumbled rolling his eyes, " I won't kill him " He conceded. He felt Magneto relax a little under his foot and he lifted the boot off of the old man's neck.
" Good boy " Logan commented and Xander shot a glare up at the man and kicked Magneto in the side of the head, the old man went limp.
" Dale!" Jean exclaimed rushing forward to check the old man, Xander stared at her. Could these people really be that concerned about the man after he'd tried to kill them all?
" What do you want to do with him?" Jean asked Scott.
" I think we should take him back to the glass bubble he's supposed to be stuck in " Scott answered looking to Logan and Storm for confirmation. Storm nodded but Logan remained impassive.
" What about the Bear, Do we even know who he is?" Storm asked looking towards the edge.
" No but we'll find out later" Scott reasoned looking towards Xander.
" Right now we should get out of here before the cops turn up and start asking questions we can't answer." The group nodded in agreement and Jean stood from her crouch besides Magneto.
" Give us a hand Logan? " Jean asked and Logan nodded and taking a few steps forward he swept Magneto off the floor and up over his shoulder in a fireman carrying the weight of the old man seemingly effortlessly.
"Let's get out of here," Logan suggested heading for the exit, allowing Jean, Scott and storm to pass before him.
" You too Dale" He instructed turning to tell the boy to get a move on but the roof was empty.
AN: Thanks for all the great reviews, you guys have been a great support.