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The Game of Empires - REVIEW THIS STORY
Written by Valerie Jones
Sequel to "Paradox Law". Nightengale finds herself in the service of a dark power, while the X-Men try to come to terms with the various betrayals of their mentor, Charles Xavier.
Chapter 1 The woman sat quietly at the bar as she had all evening, head down... Chapter 2 Jean Summers dropped her fork onto her plate with a clatter... Chapter 3 Renee held her breath as she stepped into Apocalypse’s darkened chamber... Chapter 4 Ozymandias tapped the end of the chisel lightly... Chapter 5 Warren Worthington closed his eyes as the wind rushing past his face began to make his eyes burn... Chapter 6 Valerie Cooper leaned back in her seat with a sigh... Chapter 7 Remy LeBeau stepped into the plush office a step behind the secretary and paused to absorb his surroundings... Chapter 8 Renee’s insides were knotted into a cold, hard ball by the time she stepped past Ozymandias into Apocalypse’s chamber... Chapter 9 Warren woke abruptly... Chapter 10 Rogue sat quietly in the back seat of the cab, her eyes fastened on the scenery passing by outside the window... Chapter 11 "Let’s see... Levy. Where is Levy?" Scott muttered to himself as he scanned the building index... Chapter 12 Renee looked up as Apocalypse entered, wincing internally at his stormy expression... Chapter 13 Stepping out of Psylocke’s shadow teleport was like climbing the last steps out of a deep hole in the ground... Chapter 14 Lilandra was surprised by the wary undertones in Gambit’s body language as he came into the room... Chapter 15 Jean drew her knees up under her chin and wrapped her arms around her shins as she stared at the brochures spread out... Chapter 16 Renee crouched in the midst of an ornate garden, her form hidden in the shade of the forsythia bushes that flanked her... Chapter 17 As the visual effects of the Shi’ar teleport faded, Remy found himself standing in the middle of the New Mexico desert... Chapter 18 "What’s wrong with her?" Marrow crossed her arms as she stared out the window... Chapter 19 Jean had chosen a small rest area by the highway in which to wait for the X-Men to arrive... Chapter 20 Remy stared unseeing into the refrigerator... Chapter 21 The silence at the lakeside grew more strained with each passing moment... Chapter 22 The silence in the mansion’s living room was almost unbearable... Chapter 23 Jean stood quietly behind her husband, watching him as he stared out the window... Chapter 24 Charles couldn’t help a soft sigh of pleasure as he stroked the smooth surface of his new hoverchair... Chapter 25 General Gerard Donovan stood beside the fourth hospital bed in the row, nodding absently to the nurse as she passed by... Chapter 26 Gerard Donovan leaned back in his chair and looked around the conference table at his staff... Chapter 27 Renee faced into the hot desert wind, squinting as the grit-filled air burned her eyes... Chapter 28 Renee held her breath as she stepped into Apocalypse’s bedchamber... Chapter 29 Jean opened her eyes to see Cable disappearing through the open door of the War Room with Gambit and Jono hot on his... Chapter 30 Chapter 30 In his dreams, Remi returned to the battle at Dallas... Chapter 31 Rogue stood outside the clear glass walls of the medical bay, watching as Hank talked with Renee... Chapter 32 No one moved at the table for several seconds, but then Remi pushed his chair back and walked out without a word... Chapter 33 Chapter 33 Sometime before midnight, Remi rode his bike up the long, winding drive to the mansion... |
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