A/N: I know! I know! I know! Long wait, inexcusable except that I had severe writerz block on one part of this chapt. Hope ya'll haven't given up on me! I'm so genuinely sorry! Please except my apology: a long chapt.

Disclaimer: Only Jadaiuss mine (or, in this case, Angel's, lol)

Note: If any ya'lls think I wrote a cheat, don't, -k-? The beginning of this chapt was written right after the last and was just finished, so I did it on purpose.

"Urgh! Remy, Ah told ya to be careful!" an irritated voice of Rogue cried from near the busted wall. As she said these words, the said 'figure' suddenly disappeared as if a television set turned off. Apparently, a mutant capable of creating illusions had went to hysteria and lost control of his powers as a result from sudden startlement. From Logan's, Angel's and Jadaiuss's angle, it had indeed looked like the wall had been ripped off. But, instead, it was a mere (if this could be called 'mere', lol) kinetic explosion.

"Now, yoo know I didn't mean it, chere. Was an accident. Yoo said yourself dat tenshuns can run high. I just lost control."

"Well," Logan said. "Looks like we aren't the only X-Mutants who sneak out to come here."

"Small world," Jadaiuss flatly responded.

"Now, Ah know ya did it on purpose!" Rogue insisted.

"Even if I did—which I didn't—why are yoo jumpin' on my back? I delayed us losin' against da losers, here."

"Mebbe, poker face, but you still destroyed the table—not to mention that wall. That includes our winnin's from the previous games!"

Gambit could be seen scratching his head in thought, "…Oh. Never thought 'o dat."

"Then ya admit ya did do it on purpose?"

"No, chere! It's just…I'm used to chargin' up cards. It was just a little slip."

"Anyone who believes that, jump out the window," Jadaiuss and the other two approached.

"What are ya guys doin' here?" Rogue asked

"Just havin' a blast," she quipped

"Oh, ha-ha."

"I said it was an accident," Gambit mumbled.

"Accident, Cajun?" Angel retorted. "If that was an accident, then Pearl Harbor was our fault."

"Watch it, Wings," Gambit growled, pulling out a card and leaning a hand against the wall by the DJs. "Or I might 'ave an intenshunal accident."

The wall next to the DJs ripped off, causing even more panic in the room. "Re-my!" Rogue cried. "What did Ah just tell you?"

"I didn' do nothin'! Awnest! Dat wasn't me!" Gambit cried as he backed away.

"No." an elderly voice said. When he stepped into the light, he smirked and said, "It was me."

"A-All right, Freddie," a female voice quivered nearby. "That's enough with the illusions. We've already seen this."

Magneto turned to face her, "Oh no, my dear. I'm very real." He raised his hand to levitate the speakers around the room. When he made the hand gesture to throw them at the two mutants, a red beam off light shot out from the X-Men's direction and at the flying objects, knocking them out where the wall that Gambit destroyed used to be.

Jadaiuss' eyes regained their natural color, and then she turned to look at the new nemesis as the other unknown mutants fled.

Eric smiled with satisfaction, "Ah. For a moment, I had thought young Cyclops was in the room. You are indeed as powerful as I heard."

"And you are?"

"A new friend of yours."

"Don't even think it, Mags." Logan stepped in front of her. "You can't have her."

Eric merely replied, "I can feel the metal you bear, Wolverine. I can feel it on her, too. You really think this much of a challenge?" He froze Logan when he popped his claws.

He did the same when Savage followed suit. But to his surprise, she—though as if she were struggling against bonds—stepped out from behind Logan…and smiled! "You obviously haven't heard enough about me, Pops."

Magneto dropped his smile, "In this case, I will give you a choice, young lady. Either you come with me freely and help lead my Brotherhood, or," his Brotherhood crowded around him "I will use force and you will merely be my captive."

"Well, I think we've all seen what your force can do. You're no match."

"Maybe not against you, but you are no match against--" a cherry-like object rose out of his belt. It hovered above the ground for a few seconds before--

BOOM! It crashed to the floor, emitting a grayish gas, surrounding Jadaiuss, causing her to choke. But before she could regain her oxygen, Logan rose and was crashed into her, knocking them both towards a shelf which held beer, whiskey, martinis, margaritas and other alcoholic beverages. But the impact caused Logan's claws to jam into Savages stomach. He was knocked out, but Jadaiuss let out an animal-like roar of pain.

Unexpectedly, Magneto's men charged, forcing the few X-Men into battle. Jadaiuss paid no attention, but focused on removing Wolverine's claws from her body.

"Gambit, get Jadaiuss outta here!" Angel ordered. "I'll take care of the Brotherhood."

"Not alone, Angel!" Rogue joined.

"Mon ami, yoo okay?" Remy asked Savage as he ran over and lifted her up off the floor a little.

"No worries, 'Romany'," she simply said. "I got the healing factor, remember? I'm…" she suddenly paused. Her wounds didn't seal up and kept pouring blood. "not healing! Why am I not healing? What's--"

"Not to worry, chere," Gambit said as Juggernaut started at them. "I can stop dis guy easy." He picked up a fallen card and held it, waiting for it to charge to the full extent. But nothing happened! "Hey, wha--?"

"Gambit, look out!" but Juggernaut rammed into them both, knocking them some ways.

Angel caught Remy in midair while Rogue did the same for Savage, "Watch yourself, sugah."

"Rogue, what's happening? We're--ahh!" too late once again. The two fell to the ground and landed hard on top of one another.

"Oof!"

"Drop me here, Wings," Gambit ordered as Warren flew over Mystique. But when he moved to attack again, his powers were still disabled. "Friends…this is not our lucky night."

Mansion

"Scott, did you hear that?" Jean suddenly asked as she peeked out of their bathroom. She had also suddenly felt a surge of pain pass through her abdomen.

"…Yeah. That sounded like Savage." Scott was going over some homework papers from his mechanics class, but stopped to clutch his stomach.

"She…and Warren--! And Rogue and Gambit are there too. So is Logan. But he's down."

"Wait. Where?"

"At the Mutant Bar."

"Oh, they didn't. Please tell me they didn't!"

"The Brotherhood is there, too. Oh, no! They're looking for Jadaiuss!"

"And possibly any other young X-Man they can get their hands on! We need to go! Get Ororo. We'll need her." he said as he bolted out their door and headed for the nearest elevator to the subbasement.

"What about some of the other X-Men?"

"We don't wanna overdo it."

Club

"Hello there, Cajun!" Mystique purred as she picked him up by the throat. "Long time, no see."

"Nice to see yoo, Raven," Gambit gasped with what air he had. He used his last strength to touch Mystique's arm, but again, no kinetic charge. "Oh," she pouted in mock pity. "Little Remy can't defend himself? Too bad." With that, she threw him against the far wall. Gambit had absolutely no strength left. And his lack of air certainly didn't help him from losing consciousness after impact. He fell face-first and didn't move. (Oh! I hurt Remy! Shame on me!)

"Remy!" Rogue cried out in anguish. "Ya lil' bitch!" she moved to touch her bare hand with Raven, but nothing happened. (Not Rogue, too!)

"Ah-ah," Mystique waved her index finger to and fro. But before she could do anything more, a spike-heeled kick met her in the jaw. Jadaiuss had flown at her, causing her to recoil from Marie. Savage's shiny silver dress was now half scarlet due to her bleeding abdomen.

"You're quick, martial-arts-wise, but not as fast as me. Sorry. I usually don't brag," Jadaiuss was weakened, but she still had her attitude.

"Has anyone ever told you that you have a serious attitude problem?" Raven shot as she regained her feet, her right side of her face bleeding. "I just thought you would like to know."

"Hold on, Jadaiuss!" Angel called as he swooped down.

"No, you get Wolvie and the South Chick outta here!"

"But--"

"I can handle myself. Go!" reluctantly, Warren quickly hoisted Logan on his back and Rogue grabbed onto him. He headed back to the mansion.

"Go ahead, girl," Mystique taunted. "Make your move."

"I usually don't strike first." Savage retorted as she moved in front of Remy as if protecting him.

"You will wish you had, young Savage," Eric's cold voice said just before she was lifted off the ground as if invisible hands were grabbing at her metal bones. She tried to counter-manipulate herself so she could move again, but all her powers were somehow nullified.

"What the fu--?" but she was thrown to a nearby table. She jumped up to stand atop of it, extracting her claws. "Foolish girl." Magneto smirked as he moved in. Jadaiuss posed for the kill, but froze as Eric took his hold on her.

"Hey. Fight…fair!" she struggled against him.

"Have you ever fought fair, my dear?"

"I never had to. And what'd you do to my powers?"

"I never did anything," Magneto chuckled. "Yours—and your friends at that—powers are nullified because of a certain instrument given to me by Mr. Jason. Anyone who touches you loses their powers temporarily as well…that is, if they stay at a fair distance, they will recover them." Turning to the Brotherhood, he called, "My brothers, we have our prize! Now we shall put it to good use." A needle suddenly came as if from nowhere and stabbed Savage behind the shoulder. Considering her immune system, she fought against the sedative for a good few seconds, but soon fell motionless.

Pyro walked over to Eric," Okay, we got the girl, but what about that French dude?" he motioned to the unconscious Gambit.

Magneto merely smiled, "We can't have anyone able to tell the tale to the other X-Men."

Pyro smirked, taking the message, "Hey, Juggy! We got someone who can keep her company."

Juggernaut had hoisted Jadaiuss on his shoulder. But on his way out, he picked up Remy and threw him over his shoulder, too. They all exited, leaving no trace behind save for a demolished bar.

X-Jet

"Look! There's Warren," Storm pointed out the window to where they saw a figure on soft white wings fly towards the Blackbird. She lowered the ramp to let them in. Jean and Scott hurried over to help Angel.

Almost immediately after touching down, Warren fell down, "What happened, Warren?" Jean asked. But he seemed too occupied on catching his breath.

"The Brothahood paid us a lil' visit," Rogue answered for him.

"What happened to Logan?" Scott asked, checking his pulse.

"Ya know ol' Mags, Cyke."

"What about Gambit? And Jadaiuss?" Jean pressed. "Are they alright?"

"Ah dunno. Ol' Savage told Wings ta leave her an' Remy behahnd."

"Why didn't you all just fly out?"

"Ah couldn't. An' ol' Wings could barely carry Wolvie and me."

"Jadaiuss…couldn't fly…either," Angel panted. "Hers, Rogue's and Gambit's powers…all were nullified. We don't know…why or…how."

"Then if Magneto was there and they couldn't defend themselves…" Scott said more to Jean than the other two. "Oh, God!"

"Should we head back to the bar?" Storm asked.

"No. They'd be gone, by now. We can't do anything except head back to the mansion."

Meanwhile

"Mon ami. Mon ami! Wake up, now."

With a groan, Jadaiuss sat up in the darkness. The floor beneath them seemed to be slightly vibrating, and all she could see was the slight silhouette of Gambit, "What happened?"

"I don' know 'bout dat one. All I can conclude is dat we in a truck."

"Yeah. Thank you, Mister Notre Dame. Now how the hell d'we get out of here?"

"Dat's beyond me, too. I still can't use my powers. Dat just sucks! How 'bout yoo?"

"Well, if you can't, I can't either. But, I wonder…" she felt her way to a wall and pressed her ear to it. "This is just plain metal. I can slice through it easily. But, it's hard to see anything without light, so the only con is--" She suddenly shrieked. "Gambit, get your hands off me!"

"Chere, I ain't--"

"You wanna move your hands, or you wanna lose 'em? You're choice."

"Chere, I am way over here! I ain't doin' nothin'!"

"Then who--?"

"Need a light?" an unfamiliar voice asked as a lighter flicked on by her face.

"Fuck…you!" with incredible speed, she gave Pyro a fresh knock-out-the-nuts treatment (though his garments made it fairly difficult to make a perfect hit). But the disadvantage was that the lighter, as well as some of kerosene carried in Pyro's lighter when it busted, dropped on the floor of the truck, flaring up a huge fire.

"Well, mon ami," Remy half jokingly said as they backed against the wall. "Yoo got your light."

War Room

"My X-Men," Charles announced. "Using Cerebro, I have located our missing comrades. It seems the captors are on the move to…Washington D.C."

"Why does that not surprise me?" Bobby asked.

"It shouldn't. We all know Magneto," Hank said.

"With Savage and Gambit?" Jean inquired, not acknowledging the other two.

"I'm afraid so. But if what Angel and Rogue say is true, then I am quite puzzled at why Eric would disable their mutations--"

Xavier's voice was drowned out from Scott and Jean's minds. They suddenly felt pain in their right feet and it suddenly seemed very hot in the room. Beads of sweat dripped down their faces, and heated nausea swept over them. It was as if they were standing right in front of a huge, hot bonfire and couldn't move away.

"--Therefore I--Jean? Scott? Are you alright?" the two had collapse against each other on the metal floor. The heat they were feeling was overwhelming.

Bobby and a few other crouched by them. But Jean suddenly grabbed his ungloved hand and pressed it against her cheek. Bobby's cold was overruled and he began to feel the intense heat. "Ha-ha-OW!" he jerked his hand away, trying to revive its frozen texture in order to cease the pain…but failed. "Oh, God. She's hot."

"Bobby!" half the X-Men scolded.

"No! I mean she's HOT! As in, sizzling!"

"They both are," Hank concluded, lightly pressing a furry hand to Scott's forehead. "But how..?"

"Their feeling is not their own," Charles said with sudden realization. And he knew: Jadaiuss was not just another powerful mutant.

A/N: Yo! What's up with Scott and Jean? Well, guess you'll just have to review so I can write more and then ya'll can find out. For my previous reviewers, many thanx and hope you review again. For those of you who haven't yet, well, pleez review. It'll make my day. And I can update faster. More reviews, more updates. Til next time, ya'll!