The Mystics

Chapter 4 - The Morrigan's Children

Dee
When the dragon has landed on the forbidden forrest, Dee, Proxima, & Bellatrix climbed down from the dragon's back.

As soon as they landed on their feet, the dragon spread its wings and fly away.

Bellatrix and Proxima walked after the man in front of them. They are walking towards the heart of the forest. Although Dee has not made a comment about their failure earlier, they could feel the heavy tension. The nearer they get to the throne, the sicker to their stomachs they felt. The dark lord does not take failures easily.

"The dark lord is disappointed in you, Bellatrix," murmured Dee.

"We were handling the situation pretty well until those meddlesome fools interferred," spat Bellatrix.

"Tell that to the dark lord," answered Dee.

When they finally reached the throne, the dark lord broke his discussion with the cat goddess and the morrigan.

"So where's the girl I asked you to bring here?"

Bellatrix kneeled before answering. "We almost got the Scarlet Witch, my lord. But we were outnumbered. If it weren't for the interference of -"

Voldemort raised his wand. There was a flash of red light, a rushing sound, and Bellatrix was convulsing in pain before she hit floor.

"Please, my lord. I am your faithful servant. It is not my wish to disappoint you," breathed Bellatrix on the floor as tears roll down her cheeks.

"It doesn't matter if your faithful or not. I need somebody who could get me the Scarlet Witch," said the dark lord.

Voldemort turned to The Morrigan. "I have my reasons for needing the girl, as I have already told all of you, and I will use no other. All that is needed is a more devoted servant. Unless you want to feel the full extent of my wrath, then I suggest you do better than these fools"

"My lord, I will not fail you," the morrigan bowed deeply.

Storm
Once they get on the jet, they offered a suit made for Wanda. They waited for her to put it on before they fly.

"Let's move!" Storm called out to Jean when everyone is ready.

As the war plane flies towards New York City, Wanda took the seat near the wind shield. Wanda likes sitting on the front seat. She likes the view of buildings and houses below becoming smaller and smaller as they soar higher and higher towards the sky. After a few minutes, Wanda turned to talk to the people who just saved her life earlier.

"Where are we headed?" asked Wanda.

"First, we have to ask a powerful homo magus in New York to join us. She might be able to help us against the dark lord. Then, we'll go to the New York sanctum and help defend the eye of Agomotto. The dark lord will come for it next," Bobby answered.

"A homo magus?" clueless Wanda asked.

" A homo magus is a race of naturally magic - wielding humans. They're very much like you except that they're naturally adept at magic," Bobby asked.

Wanda nodded. She was about to ask what the eye of agamotto is when Jean called their attention.

"Guys," Jean interrupted suddenly. "I don't know if anyone has noticed but a lot of birds are following us."

Storm turned to stare through the front windshield, while Bobby, Dre, and Wanda peered through the left and right windshield.

The night sky is filled with thousands of crows and black birds.

"There must be thousands of them," Dré swallowed hard.

"Tens of thousands," Bob corrected. "Jean, what are they?"

"Morrigan's children," she said enigmatically.

"Trouble," Wanda added nervously. "Big trouble."

The crows came in black wave, screaming. They hovered over the plane, landing on the plane's roof and windshield to peck at the metal and bulletproof windshield.

Another huge black - feathered mass of crows took off after the plane.

One huge crow landed on the windshield of the warplane. Jean flicked her hand sending the bird away with a telekinetic force.

Another set of crows landed on the windshield again. They pecked and pecked until holes appeared. Then, there was a thump, followed by a second, and a third, and more crows started pecking everywhere on the plane.

"I hate birds," Wanda sighed. She brought her hands to the windshield. Her hex seeped out of her fingers and passed through the windshield. Only seconds passed before her red hex surrounds the whole plane, electrocuting the birds around the plane.

"Storm, do something," Jean said.

Storm raised her hands, her eyes to the sky and her face twisted in concentration. She's controlling the weather.

And then the wind came.

It howled towards East, plucking every bird off the plane, lifting them, pulling them out of air. One moment, the plane was surrounded by crows; the next thing they know, the birds were gone.

The huge flock of birds was being pulled eastward. When one escaped, it was pushed back into the rest of the flock...... and then a strong huge whirlwind appeared. It spinned faster and faster. Once the whirlwind caught all the birds, Storm scattered them away, leaving the night sky lighted by the full moon again.

Two thousand miles away, the morrigan screamed in anger.

Dee
"No!" Morrigan screamed.

"What happened?" asked the dark lord.

"My lord, I -"

"It's a simple question, Morrigan," Voldemort shouted.

"I'm sorry, my lord. The Scarlet Witch got away."

"Useless!" Voldemort spat.

"My lord, let me try again. I could-"

"Silence! The next time time you speak would be the last time you have a tongue!"

"You, magician," Voldemort said as he turned to Dee.

"My lord?" asked Dee.

"Call Proxima and Bastet," ordered the dark lord. "Let's pay the professor's mansion a visit."

"Yes, my lord," Dee bent his knee before leaving the throne room.

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