Disclaimer: I do not own X-men or its character (Though I wish I did) but Rayne and Ryder are my own characters as is Laura.

Chapter 4- There are no bad people only bad decisions

Recap:

"Oh...and John?"

"Yeah Rae?"

"I Love You."

John swallowed nervously, he hadn't expected her to be so forward about their feelings, but he pushed his worries aside and calmly replied "I love you too, Rae."

She smiled half-heartedly, before curling under his worn sleeping bag and drifting to sleep. John paused for a minute staring at Rayne. He still couldn't believe that she was here, alive and breathing. He smiled to himself as he walked out. But his smile turned into a frown as he thought about what could happen to Rayne if she stayed here.

'I've gotta protect her. She shouldn't know what I do to people. She'd only be disgusted by it. She'd hate me.' John thought to himself. He knew what Rayne thought of the whole Mutants vs. Humans issue. She passionately believed that humans were unfair to mutants but that mutants SHOULD NOT resort to violence to solve their problems. She always said that humans would just hate and fear mutants even more. John had once slightly agreed with her, but now he thoroughly dispised humans.

As John walked on, he sighed. He knew what he was going to have to do. He was going to have to return Rayne to the mansion. She would be safe there, away from harm and from Magneto. Though he would probably hate himself for doing it.

Upon returning John found Rayne sitting up checking over her bruises and cuts. She looked up when he threw the bandages to her.

"Those'll work better instead of proding your bruises and cuts."He said with a smirk.

"What would it matter? I can't feel the pain anyway. I'm too numb and cold inside to feel anything." She replied bitterly as she hugged her knees to her chest. John's smirk fell and turned to a look of concern.He sat down next to her unsure of what to do.He took her hand and brought it to his lips,"I promise, everthing is going to be okay."

She nodded silently as she put her head against his shoulder,"I missed you so much. I didn't feel whole without you."

"I know. Ryder told me. He came to find me the other day. He pleaded me to find you. He told me how much you suffered. He thinks that its all his fault." John told her.

"Well he shouldn't. It's not entirly his fault. I never tried to stop him from leaving." Rayne replied forcefully. Her face had look of sadness on it when what John had said, sunk in,"Ryder went to see you?"

"Yes. I was on one my rounds and he found me at one of the all mutant joints." John explained. Turning to Rayne he seemed totally different, his face held a look of concern and worry,instead of its usual mischievous smirk. Cupping her face wth his hand, he whispered to her,"When Ryder told me you were gone, I was so scared that something had happened to you." He stroked her hair softly,"Please don't ever do that to me again."

She smiled and kissed his cheek,"I promise I won't." She smirked before adding,"If you promise to come home."

John scowled."Rayne, you know I can't do that."

"Well, Why not? John, you will have no future if you stay with Magneto." Rayne argued. She pulled away from him, tears silently falling from her eyes."You're a good person, John.Why do you demote yourself by hanging with these people?"

"That's where you're wrong, Rae.I'm not a good person." John choked as he looked away from her." I've killed people, I've laughed as the other mutants harassed non-mutants, I've done it myself and I've loved it. I'm a horrible person."

To John's suprise Rayne laughed."You think that all that makes you a bad person? There are plenty of people who do much worse things than that John. If you think someone is good then they are, they just might've made bad decisions.And I think you're still a good person"

John was quiet but then he responeded by kissing Rayne hard on the lips. Suprised, Rayne pulled back whispering," John what was that for?"

"Because Rayne...I love you so god damn much and I don"t want you to be apart of this." John whispered softly, "Don't you understand? I'm Magneto's right hand man and what he's planning...you would hate me for helping with it. I can't allow you to become apart of it." He kissed her forhead lightly as he tried to keep the tears back.

"I don't care John. I don't care if what you are doing is wrong...as long as I'm there next to you." she whispered fiercly. Kissing John passionately she moved in closer to him, breathing in the ashy scent she loved. John kissed back. Sliding his tongue into her mouth as he gently pushed her back onto the cot.Still kissing him Rayne's fingers tugged at John's shirt as he slipped her tank top over her head. He tore it off in haste as lust drove them both on. Rayne's fingers trembled as she fumbled with John's pant button as he began kissing lower and lower down her chest.

"Rayne..." He whispered lustfully, "I love you baby."

"I love you too John."

Early morning came and John was sitting against a tree trunk outside his tent when Rayne found him. He was deep in thought and didn't notice her come over and sit next to him.

"Hey Baby," She greeted, kissing him, "Whatcha thinking about?"

"What?" John said looking up,"Oh nothing, Rae."

"C'mon John...You're NEVER up this early. If I show you a surprise, will you tell me?" She asked mischief written all over her face. John smiled and laughed," Fine. What's this surprise?" Rayne laughed happily as she stood up,"Okay...but you have to close your eyes first." John grudgingly abliged and waited about five seconds before Rayne said, "Alright you can open them!" When John opened his eyes he saw Raybe holding BLUE flames in her hand.

"What the..." He said astounded. She smiled and made the flames bigger.

"I did it John...I finally can create fire." She said in a soft voice. John was still too speechless to say anything.

"But how'd you do it Rae?"he asked finally.

"My powers morphed together. If you put your hand up to the flame it's freezing. The cool part about it is that I can turn all of my powers on and off." she said with a smile.

"Why you lucky little bitch," John teased. She smacked his arm with the freezing flame. "Ow! That hurt babe!"

'That's what you get you rotton...ungrateful..." But she never finished what she was going to say on the account of John's lips on hers.

"If I say I'm sorry will you forgive me?" He asked.

"Maybe...but I think another kiss would do just fine." Rayne replied. John kissed her again this time with more passion and lust.

"Let's go somewhere." He whispered softly into her ear as he wrapped his arms around her waist and rested his chin on her shoulder.

"Why?" She asked, giggling as John blew in her ear.

"Cause I'm being spontanous and I feel like ditching everyone else here and going someplace with you." He explained still blowing softly on her ear knowing how tickiclish she was there.

"Fine! Just stop blowing on my ear!" She whined, playfully pushing him away. She rushed back into the tent to quickly change while John waited outside. When she came back out John kissed her forhead and told her," Why don't you go wait ahead and wait in the car. I have to grab something."

"Okay," Rayne replied. She turned and started to walk towards the car, "Don't take too long."

"I wont." He called back. When she was out of sight he went back into the tent and grabbed her things. He knew she couldn't stay here...she need to go home.

Hey there Delilah,
Whats it like in New York City?
Im a thousand mile away,
But girl tonight you look so pretty,
Yes you do,
Time Square cant shine as bright as you,
I swear its true.
Hey there Delilah,
Dont you worry about the distance,
Im right there if you get lonely,
Give this song another listen,
Close your eyes,
Listen to my voice its my disguise,
Im by your side.


Oh its what you do to me,
Oh its what you do to me,
Oh its what you do to me,
Oh its what you do to me,
What you do to me.

"I can't believe you're making me listen to this sappy punk stuff!" John groaned as they drove down the highway.

"Oh Shut up! I LOVE this song! It's one of my favorite! So you're going to have to deal." Rayne snapped as she smacked him.

"What's with the Hitting?!"John whined loudly, rubbing his bruised shoulder.

"You're being mean." stated Rayne. She turned away from him in mock hurt. John smirked and pecked her on the cheek, "You know I love you Rae."

"You'd better. Ooh look! A dinner! Pull over I'm starving!"

"Fine,"John said with a laugh as he pulled into the dinner's parking lot. After he parked the car Rayne jumped out and raced John to the door. John just laughed following her at a decent pace. When he reached the door Rayne was waiting, her mouth was in a pout.

"Why'd you take so long?" She whined as they walked into the dinner. John had taken her hand by this time and was leading her to a corner booth.

"It was much more fun to watch you run ahead like a litlle kid." he told her. At this Rayne just pouted even more. An elderly waitress came over to them and taking out her pad she asked," So kiddies, what'll it be?" Rayne looked at the menu for a minute before looking up."We'll have a cheeseburger with fries,a chicken sandwich with fries, oh and with lettuce and tomatos ...and two milkshakes one vanilla and one chocolate.Oh and an extra glass of water."

"Coming right up, honey." The waitress said as she walked away. John just stared at Rayne."How is it that you always know what I like?"

"Cause when we went out to eat at a resturant we had never been to you always ordered the same thing...cheesburger with fries and I know you like chocolate milkshakes better than vanilla."Rayne replied with a smirk. John just laughed and began to play with his straw paper.The waiteress soon came back with their order and they ate their food in relative silence.

As they were finishing Rayne went to the bathroom while John waited. When she was out of sight John reached into his pocket and pulled out a tube of white powder. Quickly, he poured it into Rayne's water, where it dissolved instantly. Looking down as he put the empty tube away, he whispered to himself "Sorry baby, I had to do this."

Rayne came back, finished her water, then they paid and left. As soon as they got into the car Rayne began to feel drowsy,"Hey John, I'm gonna take a little nap if you don't mind."

"That's fine Rae, I'll wake you up when we get there."John said with a smile.Rayne was about to reply but she just dosed off instantly.Once she was out cold, John turned around and went onto a different exit. One that was going east to Westchester County.

After a few more hours of driving, John quietly pulled into the driveway of Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. He turned into the garage where he parked the car. After getting out he quickly got Rayne's bag out from the trunk and carefully lifted her out of the car. John carried her into the mansion as quietly as he could, into the empty sitting room that was closest to the garage. Then after giving her one last kiss he rushed out before anyone could sense he was here.

John went out into the side yard where there was clear access to Rayne and Ryder's joint balcony. Taking a handful of stones he began to toss them up tp Ryder's window. Soon Ryder's light was on and Ryder appeared on the balcony his eyes still heavy with sleep.

"Whose there?" He called out in a loud whisper. He looked down into the shadows to see John's figure standing there."John? Is that you?"

"Yeah Rye, It's me,"John called up softly. His voice gave off the sorrow and guilt that was gathering in his stomach.He stepped into the soft glow of the light from the balcony." I brought her back..she's in the downstairs sitting room. I had to slip sleeping pils into her food to make sure she wouldn't try to change my mind. So be prepared for the worst when she wakes up."

"Thank you John...You don't know what this means to me." Ryder replied. He swung himself down the side of the balcony on an ancient rope that hung there."I know that this must me extremely difficult for you to do, but I am forever grateful. Is there anything I can do to repay you?"

"Umm..Yeah there is actually somethings you could do for me. First I want you to make sure that until this war is over, Rayne stays here or with you at all times and tell her...tell her that I love her and...and ...that I'm sorry." John replied looking at Ryder sadly."Oh and do you have the keys to one of the spare bikes? I need to get back..."

"Oh sure. I'll get them for you. Are you sure you still want to go? You know the Professor will still accept you back with open arms." Ryder said as they began to trek back to the garage.

"No Ryder, Not now...Joining the Brotherhood was my choice. Even if it keeps me from Rayne I'll still go back to it. I have the power and authority that I've always wanted. Maybe when the time comes...I'll come back.But not now."John said quietly. Ryder sighed as he threw the keys to one of Scott's older bikes to him.

"Alright then. Well I'll see you soon John."Ryder said as John got onto the bike."Take care of yourself."

"I will. See you later Rye."John called over the drone of the engine. Without another he sped out of the garage and down the driveway. Upon reaching the front gates John stopped for a second and looked back at the mansion one last time. BArely above a whisper he said,"Bye Rayne. I love you."

A/N: OMG!!!!!! I finally got this chapter out! This was a really hard one to write because it had that whole thing with John leaving Rayne. Sorry if John seems a bit OOC, I didn't mean for that to happen but...what can you do. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Review!!!!!!!!!! I'll give you all cyber cookies if you do.

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