Reality Bites--part 6

Leilee, on the other hand, was in the corner of a closet, with her knees pulled up to her chest, crying, rocking back and forth. Her head hurt. The different personalities had fought her manipulations and given her a migraine as a lovely parting gift. She wanted her mom. And her dad, and even her annoying little brothers. Softly into the darkness surrounding her, she whispered, "I wanna go home."

Leilee

While the others were attending Jamar, Xavier and Jean had to relieve Amanda from the psychic shock. After giving her a sympathetic smile, Jean had left to check on the others. She knew that this would be hard on them and they would need to talk to someone. Xavier stayed behind.

(If your going to give me one of your power lectures, you can forget it. I already have a headache.) Amanda telepathically told Xavier.

(I thought after what you had just experienced you would not be to willing to use your powers.)

(Well, it's like falling off a horse, you have to get back up.)

( I can sense your concern for the others, but I can tell you that they're all right. I can call them if you would like.)

(No. They wouldn't want to see me.)

(I'm sure they care about how you're feeling.)

(I doubt that. We haven't really bonded. I know it's my fault. I'm just not good with connecting with people. Some part of me wants to get to know them, but I just can't find a way in. I guess that a little boring, probably think I'm a snob. It happens to me all the time. It's funny that I'm the telepath, but I can't connect. You seem the only person I've formed any connection with.)

(Thank you, but I'm sure you have it all wrong. They would.....)

(Yes, they would. I told you the problem is me.)

Amanda gets off the couch and storms outside.

A.C.

Amanda stopped when she got a bit into the forest.

She needed to think things through, this didn't work out the way she wanted it, she didn't make any real friends, yet all seemed to think she was the leader. She sat down at a tree.

Something swished past her in high speed... and she thought she heard someone yell out her name, the next sound was a tree falling down. She looked over her shoulder.

Jonas was standing by a broken tree, cursing obviously but she could not tell what. He looked at Amanda.

"Hello, didn't think I would find you out here, you distracted me... and well I can't really control my flying if I lose concentration."

Amanda said nothing, was there anything to say?

"You alright? Jean said you was ok from... whatever that was that guy did to you." Jonas said still standing at a distance, trying to get her to say something.

"I'm fine, I heard that Sammi knew the new boy." Amanda said matter of fact.

"Hey, don't try and change the subject, I can tell something is wrong." Jonas walked close, dusting some dirt off himself.

"I know that there is some reason you don't hang around us... you should, you're in the lead here." he said and rested against a tree.

"I don't *hang* around because I don't fit in with you, and I'm no leader." she snapped at him angrily before she could stop herself.

"You? Don't fit in?" Jonas Laughed. "*You* DON'T fit in, Woman you sure have a weird going on life." Jonas could not help but laugh.

"Look at you, you are about the only one that do *FIT IN*, you have the brain for this, everyone can see that, and if you don't believe me, ask them."

Amanda said nothing... how did he dare talk to her like that?

"When I first came here, it took me two seconds to see who was in command of you people...YOU!" Jonas walked around the tree she was sitting.

"When I saw you in there, knocked out, I was afraid you might be hurt bad, that would leave us without a boss." Jonas stopped and sat down beside her.

"I'm scared to death here, not because I am in a strange world, and far from home, but because for the first time in my life I feel that I am home, and I don't wanna lose that."

He swallowed. "For the first time in my life, I can feel real love and I have a responsibility... to this team."

"What Team? We are no TEAM! We are a group of people that have ended up in the wrong world, by mistake." Amanda snapped... she didn't want this crap right now.

He stood up. "That's it! Yell at me, if it will make you feel better, I can take it, why don't you hit me too. I'm sure you have some more anger somewhere in that thick skull of yours, you're the only one that has not hit anything or anyone in the entire team."

Amanda was angry he was mocking her.

He sighed. "Look I will leave you to your thinking and self pity, I'm real good at that too, it's easy to feel sorry for yourself, but know this... if you decide to snap out of this and get back to what you are, I will follow your lead."

Jonas started to walk away.

Admiral

~In Jamar's room~

"Hank, is he going to be OK?" Sammi asked.

"I think so. We really don't know what's wrong with him. You know him don't you? We all heard him say your name. Do you know what's wrong?" Hank said crossing the room to where Sammi was standing by the window.

"I know him. He's like my brother. As to what's wrong with him, well, I haven't seen him in over 7 years. Before that he had multiple personalities and I was the only one who could deal with him. When we were 13 he got put in a mental ward at a state hospital, that could have messed him up really bad." She said to Hank. She wanted to cry but she had to be strong for Jamar.

"I'm going for a walk." She said, and left.

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She stepped out the back door and heard Jonas's voice. She started walking towards it and heard Amanda. /Maybe I can talk to her. I don't want to bring up any more bad memories for Jonas./

She waited till she heard Jonas leave, then continued to walk towards Amanda. She found her sitting by a tree and saw the tree that Jonas had broken in half, and she started to laugh. Amanda heard her.

"What's so funny?" She asked looking at Sammi.

"Jonas. He really needs to learn how to stop and land nicely or there are going to be holes and broken down trees everywhere. I wanted to talk to you." Sammi said getting serious.

"I don't feel like talking." Amanda said.

" Well too bad, cause I want to tell you something. And you're going to listen, got it, BUB?" Sammi said sitting next to her.

"Fine." Amanda huffed.

"What is wrong with you? If it's that you don't want to be our leader, well tuff, cause you are. I was always told that leadership isn't something you ask for, it gets thrust upon you. And You have handled it very well, but you also have to learn to be a leader you have to be part of the team. And whether you like it or not WE are a team and WE need you very badly. If you weren't there when I showed up, the medlab would have been trashed before now and I probably would have been Sammi kabobs if you hadn't got someone to get me to stop fighting Logan. Well, I put in my two-bits. If you need someone to talk to I'm here. I don't have any friends back home and here I'm starting to have too many to count. So I just let you think about what I said, OK?" Sammi said as she got up and started walking back to the house, leaving a very shocked Amanda.

/She really does talk like Jubilee./ She thought as she watched Sammi walk away.

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Maria quietly went out of the med lab as everyone else is trying to figure out what to do with the latest newcomer.

It had been two days since she arrived here and fear is starting to settle in. What if she can never go back home? What if she returns still a mutant? What if she does come back only years passed by? How can she explain to anyone what happened? Is she even here at all? Or is it some dream as a result of a coma?

Maria went to the living room still invisible and lay down on the sofa. Here she is, a powerful mutant in a comic book-like world being part of the X-Men. "How can I tell them about Havok?" she wondered to herself out loud. She wanted to tell the X-Men all that she knows but for all she knew, she could be wrong.

She closed her eyes as she maintained her invisibility. It felt much easier to control before and she can cloak other objects. She is special and now she wanted to keep her gifts.

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Nathan Summers entered through the front door. He glanced around when he heard about the latest arrival. His father didn't tell him much except that the mutants are from an alternate dimension and needed to get back home.

He went to the couch and absentmindedly sat down. Suddenly, he heard a ear piercing scream.

"AAAAHHHH!!! GET OFF OF ME!!!"

Nathan jumped and turned toward the couch. A girl about twenty years old, with short brown hair and glasses appeared out of nowhere with a definite scowl on her face.

Cara ran in the living room and asked, "Maria?! You okay?"

Maria looked up at Cable and said, "I'm fine. It's just that he nearly sat on me. It's my fault though. I was invisible."

Cable was rubbing his ears and asked, "Let me guess, you're one of the new comers."

"Yup. I'm Maria. Maria Cline. Wow. You look much bigger in real life. Can I ask you a personal question?"

"Okay."

"How does it feel to have a father who's younger than you are?"

Maria Cline

While Cable was entertaining the other two girls with his confusion, Xavier was deciding what they were going to do with their new guest. Xavier had sensed from Amanda, Cara and Maria that they knew more about the X-men then they were telling, especially about Logan and Scott.

The way the group stared at Scott sometimes unnerved him. They all stared at him as if he were a ghost. Scott himself had complained about it. He could sense that Maria wanted to say something to Scott but ..... maybe he should discussed it with Amanda.

He had to admit that he was beginning to care slightly for her. She was intelligent, witty, and had a sense of humor he loved, though he would never admit to Bobby that he liked wise guys. He had throughly enjoyed talking with her and sparring with her. She was more talented then he imagined and held her own against him. He had to admit that he had found a kindred spirit in her.

The fear that went through him when he felt her pain unnerved him. Her despair over her place on the team touched his heart. He knew that these feelings could cause some problems later, but he could not find a reason to deny them. He was also concerned about the presence Amanda had sensed at the mall.

Could it be another visitor? Somehow Charles felt that this one would not be as pleasant as these others. He was also afraid about what would happen if one of their enemies found out about these guests. He would have to put his own confused feeling aside and talk to Amanda about what she had felt.

A.C.

/Damn she is stubborn./ Jonas thought to himself as he thought about turning back and push her until she gave in, but something told him that he should let it rest for now.

/Ok, what now./ he thought to himself and rested back on the ground.

Sammi had asked to be alone with Jamar for a time, he had thought that she probably needed that, and he needed some time to think.

"Ok, first question Jonas, do you wanna stay or go back home." he said to himself.

He sighed, no matter how much he tried, he didn't want to leave this place, what if they tried to make him... no, deal with that if it comes.

He yawned, he was tired... when did he get tired, well he had the time to close his eyes for a minute, he quickly fell asleep.

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"AAAAHHHH!!! GET OFF OF ME!!!" the scream ran through his head like a hammer, Jonas jerked up right.

"Oh no." he rumbled, he was a Dragon again. /Must have changed in my sleep./ he thought and remembered a dream about being a Dragon.

"GREAT." he roared out angrily, he had not tried to change back into a Dragon, he would have to learn how to control it better.

But right now Maria sounded like she could be in trouble, human or not, he was going to help.

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Maria and Cara was talking to Cable who found it interesting that the newly arrived seemed to know so much about everything.

~THUD~ came a sound out side the window. Followed by what sounded to Maria and Cara a familiar growling roar.

"EEP!!" Cara let out as Cable turned to look out the window, to see a big eye look inside.

"Maria? Are you ok?" Asked Jonas Deep roaring voice.

"I'm fine Jonas it's only that Cable was about to sit on me when I was invisible, why are you in Dragon form by the way?"

"Eh, ok, I changed in my sleep, I guess I have to work on that don't you think." Jonas laughed.

"Is that another one of you New people?" Cable asked interested in how this *Dragon* looked like.

"Yep, that is Jonas, apparently he has some problem keeping form." Cara said and grinned.

"Har, har, very funny." Jonas said and walked away in to the Forest.

Cable looked puzzled. "Why did it... *he* have a hockey stick attached to it's... *his* back?"

Admiral

Amanda was trying to sort out all that had happen. Her conversations with Sammi and Jonas had gotten to her. They seemed to care for her. It was an unique experience. She was also jealous about their relationship. The way Sammi teased Jonas, but still had a sparkle in her eye. She would kill for a relationship like that. She was so tired of being alone, being a telepath that could feel everyone else's happiness, and not have an offensive power.

"Well, it is kinda fun knowing who at this house has crush on who." she laughed out loud as she remembered some stray dreams she had picked up from some of the X-men.

"I wouldn't go around saying that out loud, there are some people in this house who hate telepathic intrusion." replied Xavier as his hoverchair glided towards her.

"What if it wasn't intentional?" asked Amanda smiling.

"I doubt Wolverine would let you talk." he replied.

"YOU KNOW!" Amanda shouted as she remembered his particular dream.

"Well, some project more than others." Charles replied amusingly.

"Like you do?" Amanda replied sweetly.

Charles looked into her deep blue eyes, "You've known?"

"Wolverine isn't the only one who needs to learn not to project." Amanda answered teasingly.

Charles brought his chair into a position where they were nearly faced to each other. He regarded her very seriously.

Amanda held her breath.

"How do you feel about it?" he questioned.

"Charles I......"

"Am I interrupting anything?" asked the now dragonized Jonas.

A.C.

Maria smiled as Nathan sat down (making sure no one is on the chair this time). For a long time, she had been one of Cable's fans.

"So, you will try to be tactful at Father's Day."

"Yes." Nathan said almost amused. The way Maria was talking to him, it was like that she was a, what they called, groupie.

"Wow, what will you get him?" Cara asked.

"How should I know?"

Maria rolled her eyes under her glasses and she said, "Look, you're a telepath and you knew Scott for twelve years. Just get him something special. Like a tacky tie or something."

"A... tie?"

Maria giggled as she pictured Cyclops wearing his uniform wearing a tacky tie. "Okay. Maybe not a tie. Or you can just tell him you love him."

"I can't tell him that I love him." Nathan said. "And why am I telling you all this. I don't even know you."

"Sorry." Maria apologized, "But, maybe because, we know you very well. I do."

"You may know about my relationship with Scott but you don't know about me that well."

Maria smirked and said, "Okay, does Scott know about you and Lee? And I'm not talking about Jubilee either. Lee Forester right? Oh, and you do have a law degree in Harvard right? And the fact that you had a son named Tyler. So, that would make Scott a grandpa, right?"

Maria Cline

Sammi was walking through the hall towards the living room when she heard Maria talking to someone. She didn't reconize the voice, so she thought she would have a peek. She walked into the room and said, "Hi, Maria. Who's your friend?" Then she saw him. "Cable. What are you doing here?"

Cable looked at Maria and said, "Another one. How many are there?" He turned and looked at Sammi sizing her up.

"Oh, just about seven. This is Sammi. Oh, Sammi, your boyfriend is a dragon, again." She said matter of factly.

Sammi turned her attention to Maria when she heard the word 'boyfriend' and said,"Again? Oh man, don't get me wrong I like him in dragon form it's cool. It makes two X-people who have dragons, but mine's better than Kitty's. But I love him in human form, it has attributes, ya know?"

Maria started laughing and Cable just looked confused. "You mean to tell me," He said watching Sammi,"That Dragon is your boyfriend?"

"Yah, you want to make something of it, bub?" She said getting angry.

Just as she was about to pummel Cable, Wolverine came in.

"Calm down, darlin'. He didn't mean anything by it, did ya, Cable?"

"No, I didn't." Cable said surprised to heard Wolverine stand up for him.

"Better not have." Sammi said still eyeing Cable. " I'm going for a walk by the lake."

"I'll call ya when Jamar wakes up." Logan said as she headed out the door.

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"JONAS... I... it's only." Amanda turned Red, Xavier on the other hand manage to keep a straight face, or was that a telepathic illusion.

"I see... it's nothing." Jonas teased and lay down on his stomach crossing his front legs/arms on the ground in front of him.

"It never is, is it." he smiled big and Amanda and Xavier could see the sharp teeth on a seriously sarcastically grinning Dragon.

"I fear you have mistaken the situation... Jonas, I am helping Amanda to come to terms with the role as a leader."

"Xavier, you are a good liar... but you see in this form I hear any thing on the mansion grounds, and I was only 100 meters away when you two had your little talk."

Jonas raised his head and placed it so one eye looked at Xavier and one at Amanda. "Now, tell the Dragon what this is all about, you don't want me to start to spread *unfounded* rumors... now would we?"

Amanda widened her eyes. "You would not dare to." Amanda said shocked.

"A Dragon... Never... lie!" he said and rested on his side.

"Well now I'm not surprised that you two have not been around with the rest of us." Jonas said whit a wicked smile.

Amanda eyes grew wide... "Say that again... DRAGON!"

Jonas grinned and his eyes narrowed and did just that.

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Sammi turned around... /What kind of weird sound is that./ she thought and started to run in to the Forest.

The scene that played out in front of her would have made her laugh, if not for the fact that she wold have been laughing at the person she loved.

Jonas in Dragon form was jumping around flapping his wing's making strange sounds and looking rather confused, she saw that it was Amanda and Xavier that was responsible for it.

"Stop it, what the hell are you doing." she yelled out and Amanda and Xavier turned to face her and losing concentration, Jonas fell over with a hard ~thud~ and an ~ompf~.

Amanda smiled and said. "We were just showing Jonas the point of... keeping a secret."

Jonas mumbled something in Swedish and turned over on his feet smiling. "Yeah right, and if you think you can get me to be quiet, you sure tried the wrong way."

He made a flapping motion whit his big wings and took to the air. "Well I guess we will talk again real soon don't you think Amanda?"

Sammi looked at Amanda puzzled.

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Jonas smiled to himself, he had found a major button to push on Amanda, but he didn't want to push it right now.

Here far up in the sky, he was alone... he thought.

He barely saw it coming, something grabbed on to his back and threw him to the side hitting him over the head and pushing him down, he was unprepared for this.

He opened his eyes and saw the ground coming at him at an alarming rate, all he could do as he heard Sammi yell out something far away was extend his wings and hope that his Dragon body was stronger then he thought.

Admiral

~Out by the edge of the property~

"Oop's I did it again I played with your heart! Got lost in the game..." Ryan had been training for days and now was the time for battle. To say that she was giddy would be an understatement.

First she had to slip on the grounds with out being seen.... or maybe go not. Ryan had an idea and it was brilliant. She quickly morphed herself into an exact Britney Spears duplicate complete in red suit. "Catch them off guard and use their own shock against them."

Sabertooth was going along with her just in case she needed help getting out. Personally she didn't thing she would need any help but it was an order from big and ugly.

"Ready Scooby!" Ryan said with a huge grin.

"Ready Frail!"

Ryan quickly ripped some of her clothes and Sabertooth picked her up to make like he had attacked her. He stepped onto the grounds of the mansion positive that the alarms would go off and the runt would catch his scent.

Le Fae

Jonas flew up and down as he tried to see who or what was on his back. "Hey!" He yelled out as he mentally projected, **HELP!!!**

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"ohhh." Jonas rolled over on his side, he never hurt this much in along time, the good thing is that his Dragon body is way stronger then he ever imagined.

He pushed himself up on his legs as his wings automatically folding back, he had smacked right in to the Forest, trees are everywhere.

Someone is screaming... he turns around.

Several hundred meters away there is another Dragon.

He tried to walk but staggers, what the hell happened.

"ANOTHER DRAGON./ he is wide awake as he can clearly see the big Red Dragon, but it's not the dragon that is concerning him... it's who it's fighting with.

"SAMMI!!!!!" Jonas roared out.

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Sammi jumped to the side. "If you have hurt him, you are dead, I'm going to rip out your heart."

"Is that so." The new dragon said as its big clawed hand comes down to strike the annoying young woman jumping around.

Sammi drive her Claws all the way in to the dragons hand. "LIKE THAT?" she screamed out.

But as she draw first blood she misses the other hand that comes down and hits her hard, sending her flying away.

Sammi is quick to stand but she now sees the Red Dragon coming charging down at her...

Suddenly another Roar sounded and something came flying above her, hitting the new dragon mid air.

Jonas tried to drive his claws in to the dragon's chest but the armored hide on it is to strong to make a serious wound.

The red Dragon now on its back roared back, kicked Jonas away with its rear legs.

Jonas is lost in rage, no human expression can be seen on his Dragon face.

He is quick to flip back on to his feet and place himself so that the red dragon will have no clear path to Sammi.

"A dragon protecting it's mate... how cute." the red dragon hissed out and slash Jonas across his face drawing blood.

He roar out in pain and with a flap of his big wings he is all over the red Dragon, this time he gives in to the dragon nature and bites it over the shoulder, a ripping sound comes as it roars and strikes Jonas so hard that he is thrown away.

"AHHHHH!!" the red dragon screams as blood trail down the front leg.

Jonas out of instinct fill his big lungs with air and before he knows it, a stream of fire flies from his nostrils, causing the new dragon to stumble back more in fear than pain.

He roars out again and jumps the dragon, but this time it kicks him with it's powerful back legs tearing a large wound across his chest.

Jonas stumbled to the side screaming, falling over, the new dragon can see that more people are coming and took to the air, but Jonas grabbed it by the tail sending it hurling down in the Forest.

He is breathing heavy, as the two dragons are circling each other, he tries to jump it but at the last second it flies up in the air, Jonas tries to follow but his chest wound tears too hard.

The dragon makes a dive for Sammi but Jonas in a lighting fast movement moves as a shield over her, feeling the dragon's rear claws dig deep into his back; he screams one last time before he snarling falls to his side.

*****

The dragon flies away, and after a moment it vanishes from sight, Jonas staggers to his feet... growling, something deep inside his head is telling him that this is far from over.

Breathing heavy he looked down concerned at Sammi.

He is starting to feel dizzy, he staggers to the side and sits down.

His chest hurt badly, he tries to stand but falls to his side with a deep roar.

Admiral

Nathan stared out as he mentally sort out a situation. A girl who seems to know many of his secrets. Another who's boyfriend is a _dragon_. A group of kids who popped out of nowhere. Suddenly, there was a mental cry,

**HELP!!!**

Nathan stood up and told Logan, "I just got some psychic distress call."

Just after that, alarms rang out in the air. "Awww... man." Maria muttered as she looked around nervously.

"Let's go." Logan said as he and Nathan ran out of the lawn. As he came out, Logan could smell the faint odors of his arch-foe. Maria turned invisible as she ran to her room to change into her uniform.

*****

Mystique got out of dragon form as she watched her teammates do their plan. "Soon, it will be ready." she said to herself as she smiled.

*****

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Leilee was still huddled in the closet while all of this was happening...as the alarms rang through the air, Leilee groaned and pulled her knees tighter into her chest...

"Not now," she groaned, "I just can't deal with this right now!!!"

She wrapped her arms tightly around her head, desperately trying to block out the sound...

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Cara was running for the door...she knew there was something very wrong happening outside, and she wanted to try to help.

She stopped dead in her tracks when she heard a voice coming from the hall closet...

"Not now!" she heard; the rest of what was said was too muffled for Cara to understand...

/That voice sounds familiar,/ thought Cara, /But I'm not sure who it is...I guess there is only one way to find out!/

She walked over to the door of the closet, and opened it...

"Leilee!!!" the shocked and worried voice of Cara rang out, as she took in the scene before her...

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~Outside~

"Jonas, NNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!" Sammi yelled as fell to he knees next to him.

She started hugging his neck and cried. "Jonas, please be Ok. I need you. I need you. Please. I love you." She said as she laid her head on his,"I love you." And with that she kissed his neck, and continued to cry.

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Xavier and Amanda raced towards their injured comrade. They had both picked up on the fight, but were unable to get there in time. Xavier headed towards Jonas as Amanda went to comfort Sammi.

Amanda did a quicky scan of the area and picked up the presence of the one in the mall and of who she believed was Sabertooth. His presence was more wild and dark than Wolverine. The girl's seemed slightly carefree and very bitter.

There were others but she couldn't detect just who but she had the feeling that they were " old friends " of the X-men. Amanda main concern were her teammates. She sent a message to Hank to come as quickly as possible. She wasn't prepared to lose anyone yet.

A.C.

Someone was crying, it felt like he had busted a million ribs, if he still had them as a dragon, there was something incredibly painful in his back.

It was Sammi who was crying, she was grabbing his neck, every breath hurt like fire, but he had to tell her he was ok.

Jonas again tried to stand up but he had no strength left, he eased back down frowning.

"Sammi." his voice was weak, but steady.

She eased up her crying as she heard his voice. "Yes?" she said holding her tears back.

"I'm ok... only need to rest, ok, don't cry i'm ok." He said opening his eyes carefully.

Suddenly something in his back made it's presence painfully known, he roared in pain, his hand digging into the ground.

"There is something in his back, a bit of a claw, I think it's locked into his ribs, I can't pull it out..." Hank yelled out.

"We need to cut it out." Jonas saw Hank come in to view in front of him.

"Jonas, your opponent left a rather large calling card behind, we have to get it out before it digs in to your lung."

Jonas clenched his teeth, growling. "then get it out."

"Rogue, Logan, get up here." Hank looked sad at Jonas. "I'm afraid that I can't give you any sedative."

"Get on with it Hank, get that damn thing out." Jonas grimaced in pain and roared. "NOW!!!"

"Sammi, you have to back away from me, I have to have room to give in to the pain... and I don't want to hurt you." Jonas said and Maria held Sammi and pulled her away from Jonas.

"I'm ready, Hank, make it Quick." He said looking over at Sammi.

His eyes went wild as Logan cut in to him and he could feel Rogue grab the claw.

She pulled it out it slowly, so Hank could monitor so that nothing went wrong, Jonas roared at his maximum, and began to drag himself forward... throwing his head from side to side.

Finally the intense pain stopped, it was out... it was strange, he could suddenly feel his body heal.

He let his breathing slowing down, easing back on to his stomach and passed out, giving in to the remaining pain now that he would be ok.

They all listened to the soft and deep peace full breathing of a 40 foot sleeping Dragon, stretched out in front of the mansion.

Admiral

"I want to know WHO did this, NNNOOOOOOWWWW!!!!" Sammi yelled.

Maria was still holding her as she scanned the grounds with her eyes and ears, that's when she heard it, laughing. She looked at Maria and said, "I'm Ok, now. Thank you."

She moved out of the embrace, walked over to Jonas and said in his ear, "I'm going to get the Bastard that did this to you. I love you." She whispered so no one heard her except Logan who was watching her closely. He knew what it felt like to watch someone you care for get hurt and be powerless to stop it. As Sammi started walking towards the woods, He heard it too; the laughing.

"Everyone, stay here and guard him. Who ever did this might be back. I'm going after her." Logan said and he started walking towards the woods.

As he walked he heard laughing get louder and that Creed's smell was getting stronger.

/Glad I decided to follow her. She'll have a problem with Creed. Come on, girl remember what I told ya about stalking./ He thought as he came up to where he smelt her.

He looked around but didn't see her, suddenly in one quick movement two hands picked him up from behind.

/What the..?/ He thought, then he turned sightly to see Sammi had been the one to pick him up and set him on a branch of the tree.

She placed her finger to her lips in the sssssshhhhh gesture. He nodded. She pointed towards the end of the property. He looked and he saw Creed and a girl in a red body suit. They were laughing as she ripped her clothes.

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Sammi and Logan looked at each other and she mouthed, "We have to warn the others. I have an idea. Watch me."

She slowly climbed down from the tree and walked a little ways forward and started making herself cry. Logan watched and he knew exactly what her plan was. She was setting a trap and she was the bait. She went to a tree and slumped down against it. Logan looked to where Creed and the girl were and Creed was taking the bait.

/I have to move or Creed is going to catch my scent and then the trap will be sprung too soon./ Logan thought as he made his way through the trees without a sound.

When He was a safe enough distance away, He went back to watching and waiting for Creed to try something stupid. He knew he would.

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