Chapter 11.……
Bayville, NY……… Xavier mansion………….. The Professors study….. Couple of weeks later…..
Xavier, Ororo, Hank, and Logan, all sat in the study talking.
Hank looked at the other teachers and said, "All of the patents are stable. But Callisto is already want to get them out of here."
Charles nodded and said, "Okay. If they can travel, go ahead and allow them to leave. We have more serious things to worry about."
Logan chomped on his unlit cigar, and said, "Yeah. Like how are we going to figure out how and why Cat-boy is doing what he is doing. And who the hell this Mr. Sinister guy is."
Meanwhile in the Rec room………..
All of the students are in the Rec room watching a televised press stop for Senator Kelly. There was a huge crowd of mutant haters carrying signs.
As Senator Kelly was talking, a commotion started out in the audience.
Somewhere in upstate New York…………
Senator Kelly stopped speaking and stared at what was causing the commotion. What he saw shocked him. For walking through the crowd was a tall, red, demonic Reptile. And a blue-black walking skeleton.
Kelly was even more shocked when he heard a voice above him say, "Welcome humans, to the beginning of a new age." Then all of a sudden something dropped from the sky and landed on the stage.
When people saw what it was they started to scream and run for their lives. Kelly was afraid to look down and see what it was, but he looked anyway. He was beyond sickened. He turned to the edge of the stage and started to empty his stomach.
The item on the stage was a head, with part of the spinal column still attached. But it was not a normal human head. This head had belonged to a mutant, a very powerful mutant known as Apocalypse.
Xavier's Mansion………..
By now the teachers had all joined the students watching the events on the TV, unfold. When they saw the head of Apocalypse, they were all shocked speechless.
But what happened next left them almost catatonic.
Upstate New York………………..
A large figure landed on the stage with his back to the cameras that were still rolling. He furled his wings, which one was white feathered, and the other was black feathered. He then turned and smirked at the camera. He then started to speak…..
"Ladies, and Gentleman, children and mutants. I come here today to reveal my self to all of you. I know there are some out there that once knew me as 'Wildcat', but sadly I am no longer that weak pathetic fool. Now all of you can call me by my rightful name. The Dragon god, Dragul. I am the one that attacked the filthy mutants that lived below the city of Bayville. I am also the one that killed the blind 'hero' Daredevil. And the one that placed Spider-Man in the hospital. And it was my pleasure to take the head of one of the men that brought me back into this world. Now from this moment forth me and my Dark Riders are going to rule this world, whether anyone likes it or not."
With that he is joined by Archangel; the two mutants already in the crowd; a green skinned, needle toothed mutant; a red skinned mutant with bone shards around his shoulders and wrists; Sabretooth, a large humanoid pterodactyl; a large white skeletal mutant; a green skinned female mutant; and a grayish blue bestial mutant that looked somewhat like Beast. As they entered the remains of the crowd they proceeded to kill all the humans.
Xavier's Mansion…………….
Around the room everyone was shocked. Hannah's heart quietly shattered, as did Willow's, as they witnessed Eugene's evilness.
TBC………………….
Author's Note……………
Names of the Dark Riders………..
The leader of the Dark Riders is Dragul.
Archangel, Sabretooth, DarkBeast, Fatale, Foxbat, Gauntlet, Spyne, Deadbolt, Sauron, and, Pain.