Chapter 15

An Army of One

Sharon's View

My head ached, my body trembling from the shock. What shock? What happened to me? All I remembered was a huge wave of energy coming from behind that door, and all my memories coming back.

At night I would sneak out to visit Judge and Mesmero for tomorrow's mission. I don't know why I did it though. It was like someone else controlled my body, they threw the bait, and I followed it. I opened my eyes to see what's going on. I saw him, the monster that I met here every night. Lord Nilrem.

"L-L-Lord Ni-Nilrem…" I whispered.

"Sharon? Are you okay? Thank God your all right!" Tommy exclaimed. He hugged me with much force I couldn't blame him though. I ran away, forget the stone, and cloaked myself to come with him when I shouldn't have. Needless to say, I actually enjoyed our little moment, but it had to come to an abrupt stop.

"Claireavoyance, and the Dragoon of the Frost? I only expected one of you today. I guess it's time to show you your future, to serve me! Lord Nilrem, JUDGE!" Judge announced.

"We will never serve you!" Drake yelled.

"I'm afraid you have little choice. Your girlfriend back there has been working for me for quite awhile. She is my little puppet, and you will be my right hand man. FOR ALL ETERNITY! If you do not join me, then you shall perish, and I will absorb your quintessence to mine!" Judge yelled again.

I expected Drake to turn to me surprised that I helped Judge out, but he didn't, his eyes were still fixed on him. Something wasn't right. Something about the air was very wrong. Then Judge disappeared, his huge body transparent, his eyes nowhere to be seen even though it felt as if he was still watching you.

Behind Lord Nilrem's door was a huge open arena. All of us walked in, and Drake was still not looking at me. I felt depressed, and unloved. As we reached the center of this mysterious space lights came on from out of nowhere. We were surrounded!

"What is this Judge?" Drake yelled.

"If you will not come to me by reason, I'll take you by force! Go My Army of One!" Judge announced.

The warriors that surrounded us were very unusual. All of them were exactly the same. Same height, same shape, even the same thought pattern, something was definitely wrong here. In an instant they all came and attacked us. We were kind of prepared for that, it was just that, we weren't prepared for what secret powers they had. Somehow they could strike with laser beams, become invisible, extreme strength, and others I couldn't keep track of.

"We have to stop these guys or we won't survive!" Scott yelled.

"Got any plans Dragon Boy?" Logan yelled.

"…" Drake was silent. He then expanded his wings and rose into the sky.

"Sharon shield everyone!" He yelled. Drake sent me a mental picture of what he was going to do. He was going to freeze them all, just like the Generals. Quickly everyone surrounded me and I projected a mental barrier. Somehow I was able to conjure a stronger shield then normal. I noticed that my pocket was glowing. That's were my stone was! Is there something about it that Drake didn't tell me about?

Everyone saw Drake in the sky, he was engulfed in a bright light. He then sent the light around him to the ground. All of the warriors were frozen solid. None escaped alive.

"Very impressive Dragoon of the Frost, but that won't stop you from my unstoppable power!" Judge then appeared before us, he struck the ground sending a huge earthquake toward us. Everyone fell to the ground from the very vibration.

"This is our fight Judge, fight me!" Drake said charging to Judge from the sky. Once they made contact, Judge fell to the ground with an earth shattering crash.

"Very good Dragoon, but not good enough. It's my turn now!"

The two fought each other with much effort. Even the so-called Judge was having a hard time hitting Drake, but Drake wasn't having an easy time bringing him down. I then felt someone tap my shoulder. I thought it was one of the X-Men, but it wasn't. It was a kid, about 13, in shredded clothes, and looks like he hasn't eaten in days. My first instinct told me to back, which I did, and then I started talking to him.

"W-Who are you?"

"I don't have a name. But I was the warriors you just fought. I cannot explain everything to you now, but you must leave immediately. I will hold Judge off." He finished saying. I then turned around and led everyone out. If they didn't follow I controlled them to follow me. As soon as we exited the arena, we saw Drake sailing through the sky, right outside the door. He was out cold but still alive.

"Everyone we have to get out of here now!" I yelled. There was no question. Logan carried Drake back, but Bobby staid behind.

"Bobby lets go!" Scott yelled.

"Hold on a sec!" He yelled back. Bobby then summoned a huge amount of energy around him. Then he did a Sub-Zero trick freezing the door in place so it couldn't be opened again. After he was done showing off he ran back toward us.

As soon as we re-entered the jet, we were only a couple of feet off the ground until the ground started to shake. Once we were high enough in the sky, we saw that there was another part of the Canyon created. I guess that guy helped us after all. Too bad I couldn't know his name.

(Tommy's View)

O jeez, what happened? All I remember is being thrown by Judge and landing on the ground. I don't remember where, or what happened. Wherever I was, it was soft a warm. I also felt another presence with me, actually a couple of different presences.

"Tommy? Tommy are you awake?" A feminine voice whispered. I opened my eyes, blinked a couple of times and saw Sharon at my side. Everyone else was also at the foot of my bed. Scott, Jean, Rogue, Bobby, and all the others. Even Logan was there.

"Hey guys, what happened?" I said weakly.

"Well, we stopped Judge, and we can finally take a breather." Sharon said.

"We just came to make sure you're all right. Now that you are, we'll leave you two alone." Scott said. Bobby wanted to stay, but Kurt teleported him out.

"So, how long was I out?" I asked.

"Not long, just a couple of days." Sharon answered.

"DAYS!" I yelled.

"Ha-ha, don't worry. You were only out for a couple of hours."

"I'll get you for that." I said with a chuckle.

We talked for hours and hours to come, until it was so late we fell dead asleep.