Chapter 1 I got you
Flashback four years earlier...
Clarice was waiting at the spot John had asked her to meet him at. A lake that was hidden by the trees the moon reflecting off it made her smile. She was excited they had been going out for eight months now, regardless of always having to run from the cops or sentinel services they always had each other. She sees him walking down the slope her jade eyes brighten at the sight of him. Dressed in all black like always she got up and jumped into his strong arms.
He laughs then sets her on her feet leaning down to kiss her. She runs her hair through his short hair that is slowly growing back since his time as a Marine is done. He pulls back with a smile tucking a piece of her short purple hair behind her ear. He takes her small hand in his as he leads her over to the spot with a blanket some food that's been made. She gasps.
"Is it too much?" John asks with a frown Clarice shakes her head giving him a peck on lips. "It's perfect." He smiles and they take a seat on the blanket and eat under the moonlight. It was everything they needed and more they hardly had any alone time with all the work they have to do. Clarice lays her head in his lap and looks at the stars. For a while they sit in comfortable silence then John looks down at her his expression serious. Clarice sits up looking back at him with worry in her eyes.
"What's wrong?" She asks. John scratches the back of his neck nervously and then pulls out a small box. Taking a deep breathe he says. "I got this for you." He hands her the box which she opens to find a silver plain ring. Silent tears fall from her face. "I wanted to make tonight special." He says taking the ring out of the box and placing it on her wedding finger. He cups her face in his hand.
"I wanted to make a promise to one day have you as Mrs. Proudstar. I promise that no matter what I will always protect you and if we are ever separated that I will always find you. I love you Clarice Fong." He leans in and kisses her with such passion that takes her breath away she pulls back leaning her forehead against his with a smile saying. "And I love you John Proudstar." He smiles and kisses her once more pulling her onto his lap as they continued. They stayed locked in embrace for a while before they both pull away gathering everything and heading back to their hideout. (A/N: this is before John is in charge of the mutant underground.)
Once inside their small abandoned apartment John lefts her up in his arms taking them to bed. He places her gently on the bed kissing down her neck. She closes her eyes her hands traveling down his waist lifting his shirt over his head. He removes hers lying back with her on top of him kissing her deeply while his large hands stoked her back. Clarice can't take anymore as she gets up and pulls off her bra and takes off her pants leaving her in just her underwear. John sits up kissing her collarbone then down to her breast she moans as he takes her nipple in his mouth.
He pulls away removing the rest of their clothing, Clarice lays back as John climbs on top of her. She pulls him down kissing him with so much love. John pulls back to look her in the eyes for any sign of fear. She cups his face in her hands. "I trust you, John." He smiles kissing her lovingly then grabs a condom from the nightstand sliding it on. "Tell me to stop if I hurt you." Clarice nods. John positions himself and enters her slowly then pulls out before thrusting back in. She winces at the pain then gives him a nod and he starts moving. Clarice's eyes roll in the back of her head as she places her palms on his chest.
His thrust are slow at first then she asks him to go fast and he does. Only slowing down every once and a while to kiss her. He knows that she close and he's not far behind her. He thrust into her with some more force. They reach their peak together he pulls out taking off the condom and putting it in the trash. He grabs his boxers and goes the bathroom to get a washcloth and damps it. He comes back to see his love staring at him with love in her eyes he cleans her up and grabs his shirt and giving it to her. She slips it on and they go to sleep.
The next couple of days go smoothly for them as they help get some more refugees to the safehouse and they retire in their bed every night. John smiles as he watches Clarice sleep her head on his chest he pulls her closer before his senses have him alert. "Clarice, wake up." His voice deadly calm. She stirs, "What is it?" He's out of bed and putting his clothes on she scrambles to do the same. "We're surrounded 20 armed men." Her jade eyes widen, but she has no fear, only worry. Grabbing a packed bag, he hands it to her kissing her for a few moments.
"Clarice, I need you to get out of here. I'll keep them busy giving you time to get away." She shakes her head tears starting to form. "Hey, I will find you. Just get to that safehouse." He kisses her once more. She nods and opens her hands to make a portal looking into his eyes she says, "I love you." John smiles. "I love you, too. Now go!" She makes her portal bigger then she goes through it. She's five miles away and she hears faint gunshots, but she keeps going until she can't make any more portals. She not even given any time before she gets shot and her legs give out on her and everything goes black.
Present day...
Clarice keeps running no matter how exhausted she is there is no why she is going back to prison. She can hear the sirens closing in she opens her hands, but no portal opens. "Come on!" This time it opens with the cops nearly on top of her. She jumps through, but it=doesn't close right away and a part of the police light comes with her. She keeps running until she's at an empty police station. Opening one last portal she's inside and out of the rain. She quickly changes out of her prison clothes and for a minute she feels like she can breathe she twists the sliver ring on her ring to calm herself down.
A few miles away three other are looking for the former prisoner. John kneels on the ground one hand on the asphalt and the other on his knee. "You getting anything?" Marcos asks. "I'm working on it." John says calmly. Marcos nods. "Yeah, you seriously think she's here, man? I mean, she was just two miles away." John shakes his head listening to the faint police sirens. "She's close."
"Closer than the last time she was close?" Lorna laughs shaking her head. "She's moving strangely." John says, but something about this seems familiar. "Yeah, I'm pretty sure that he just likes keeping us out in the cold." John stands and then points to the broken police lights. "Look there." He says the trio walks over and John picks up the broken piece.
"Well, that's interesting." Marcos says. John smirks, "I told you." He walks ahead a few paces more. "Hey are you alright? You want me to warm you up?" Marcos asks Lorna as he takes her in his arms.
"I'm okay. You can warm me up later though." Lorna says. "Oh, I'll hold you to that." Marcos says with a smile.
"She's there. Inside." John says as he moves over to the should be empty police station that has a few lights on. He breaks the lock with ease and motions them to go ahead. "I stay out here, just in case." Marcos and Lorna go in and it's not long before he hears things shattering. John shakes his head then he's head darts to the west and then the south. He rushes inside. "Guy, there trouble." Then he notices the mutant Marcos and Lorna were talking to. Their eyes meet brown and jade she gasps. Then John realizes that they still have a problem.
"Get dressed, you're with us now." Marcos says the purple haired mutant darts back around the corner. "What is it?" Marcos asks. "Cops. Coming this way fast. Kill the lights." John says as he switches off the nearest light to him
"How many?" Lorna asks as she kills the rest using her power. "At least ten coming from the west and south." Just as soon as he says that the sirens are right outside.
"This is the Atlanta Police Department. We know the fugitive is in the building. Come out now, or we will open fire." Lorna moves in sight and pushes the magnetic field forward knocking some offices off their feet. They open fire just as the jade eyes mutant comes around the corner she ducks and slides against the wall closets to John.
"Lorna!" Marcos says when the glass finally breaks. Lorna gets back into view as she halts the bullets pushing them back and pushes the police cars together. "John find us a way out of here." John nods moving swiftly looking for another exit. "Lorna, get out of there!" He uses his solar powered hands to flash a blinding light at the cops. "Go! GO!" He says to both girls as John reappears. He leads them out a side entrance with their car waiting just as the run in the rain toward it a gunshot goes off and Marcos is hit. He yells in pain.
"MARCOS!" Lorna yells then she slams the cop who is still holding his gun into a dumpster, repeatedly. John pulls Marcos to his feet dragging him. "Lorna!" He says as several cops surround her. "Marcos!" John looks back seeing Lorna on the ground in handcuff and pushes Marcos in the car. They drive back to their headquarters in silence. John looks to his right at the woman next to him then he notices that she's twisting the ring on her finger. He feels something that he hasn't felt in four years. He shakes his head. Let's not jump to conclusions just yet.
When they arrive John, parks and opens his door the woman does the same. He opens Marcos's door and helps him out and they walk up the steps of the abandoned building. Before tending to Marcos, he calls Sage to talk to the woman.
"So, Clarice Fong is your real name?" Sage asks. "Yep." Clarice says. "Anyone we should contact? Family?" Clarice shakes her head. "No. My family, it's complicated. " Sage nods. "Right. Well, look, you'll stay here with us for a few days, lay low, and then we will figure out where to move you." Clarice nods. "Yeah, thank you." She stays where she is as waiting for him to return.
"Hold still, I'm almost done." John says as he wraps the silver tape around his wound. "I'm fine, John." Marcos says through gritted teeth. "We need to go after Lorna." He says once John is done. "We get a team together, we and do what? Huh? Get one of us killed? Marcos, we barely got away from a dozen cops. Now you want to take on a hundred? We can't take that risk right now." John says. "Then when? The X-Men, the Brotherhood we don't even know if they exist anymore. We are alone. And getting picked off one by one." John shakes his head. "Look around. We'd be risking all these people. Everything we built. Everything Lorna built." Marcos lets out a frustrated sigh knowing he was right.
"Guys we have a situation." Sage says. John and Marcos exchange looks then follow her out. "What is it?" John asks as the trio race down two sets of stairs. The news is on talking about two young mutants attacking Belleview High. John shakes his head and turns to Marcos. "Well, if it wasn't too hot before, it sure as hell is now. I'm sorry." He then looks at Sage. "Who is she?" He gestures towards the purple haired mutant they had just brought in. Sage looks at her them back at him. "Her name is Clarice Fong. As far as I know she has no family." John feels pain in his chest as he looks at her. He can't believe it's really her. He walks out and over to her.
"I was beginning to think that you forgot about me." Clarice says without even looking up. She stands and walks out the same way they had come in. John is right behind her. When they are out of sight he gently pushes her against the wall of the building and kisses her. She pulls away. "My boyfriend won't like this." John rolls his eyes. "You don't have one. And if you did you wouldn't still be wearing this." He lifts up her left hand and gently rubs the ring on her finger. Then he kisses her again this time she lets him. After what feels like eternity they pull away John tucks a long purple lock behind her pointy ear, but he doesn't remove his hand.
"I never stopped looking for you." He says after a while. After so long of being apart, Clarice finally let's herself cry. He holds her close as she lets is all out. "I never lost hope, I knew you would find me." John smiles and kisses her cheek. "I have you now and I don't plan on losing you again." Clarice nods. "I glad, because we have so much to talk about." John nods his expression serious, before he can speak he's hears Shatter.
"John, we have to make a supply run." John sighs and looks at Clarice, then hugs her to him. "Go back inside. I come find you once I get back." She nods and kisses his cheek. John watches her go back inside as he makes his way over to Shatter. They leave head back into town to get more supplies.
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