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Chapter 10

"How the hell did the cure not affect you?!" Evan demanded.

"It did, but only slightly. I am a higher level mutant with more experience and control over my power. Therefore the cure has little effect on me." Magneto said calmly, "Now, I do believe that it is proper manners to make introductions. I am Magneto, as I'm sure you know, and you, my dear, are…"

"Evan."

"What's your real name, Evan?"

John rolled his eyes. How cliché, he thought.

"It's just Evan."

"What, may I ask, is your power?" Magneto asked.
"I can melt and shape metal."

"Interesting. Well, I must be going. Come Pyro, we have work to do."

Pyro hesitated.

"No," he said, "I'm staying with Evan."

Evan looked at Pyro in shock.

"What the hell?!" She exclaimed, "I thought you wanted to go with him."

"You changed my mind," John replied with a weak smirk, which Evan returned.

"Well then," Magneto's voice snapped both of them back to the current situation. "If you two are not going to help me, then you are only hindrances, and every hindrance must be removed."

Magneto raised his hands and every metal object in the lobby floated in the air for a second before they were hurled at Evan and Pyro. Evan pushed Pyro out of the way and raised her to melt all the objects in to a red hot ball of molten metal. The ball was about eight feet in diameter and levitated a few feet off the ground. Evan tried to compact the metal even further, but it wouldn't move. Trying to find another solution, she tried to solidify it, but the metal remained liquefied. Evan's eyes widened.

"I can't melt it," she murmured. Pyro heard her as he stood up.

"What?! Why not?!" he whispered fiercely.

"It's too big. I can't melt this much metal at one time, and if I do melt it, Magneto will just use it to destroy the building or something."

"It's very wise to keep it in a liquid state so I can't use it, but it's also very foolish," Magneto called. He had overheard the last part of the conversation. He raised his hands again, this time to draw object from outside. Lampposts, parking meters, even some car parts flew through the windows, shattering them. The object all headed straight to the molten ball, melting on contact. The ball expanded at least two feet.

"Well, I must be going now. Farewell, Pyro," Magneto turned on his heel and stalked out the door. Evan watched as people backed away, afraid to be near him. As soon as he was out of sight, police closed in around John and Evan.

"John, get out of here," Evan hissed.

"Have you gone insane? I leave and these guys will kill you!" Pyro said.

"Go get help!"

Pyro paused for a minute before figuring out what help meant.

"They won't listen to me. They'll think it's a trap."

"I don't care. John…I can't control this much longer."

John looked at the ball. It was beginning to loose its shape. Suddenly the walls and ceiling caved slightly.

"What's happening?" John asked in a panicked voice.

"If I don't find someway to solidify this, the metal in the walls will melt. John you have to go!"

"No!"

The wall caved a bit more. John looked at Evan. A single tear trailed down her flawless cheek. John realized what she wanted to do.

"No! I won't let you!" he screamed.

"It's my choice and the only way to save anyone."

"You can't save anyone if you're dead. There has to be something else you can do."

Evan sighed

"There's a payphone outside. Get to it and call Storm. I'll try and hold on a little longer." She said. John made for the door, but something made him stop. He turned around and went back to Evan. He clutched her face in both of his hands and kissed her. It was a deep, passionate kiss that made Evan think that the heavens would fall to earth if it ever stopped. It was all Evan could do to keep control of the metal. When Pyro broke the kiss, he gave her a weak smile before heading to the door. Once again, Evan watched the crowd part, but this time it was because Pyro had formed a wall of flame between himself and the police and civilians.

John reached the phone, but just as he picked it up, a police man stepped toward the building and fired a single dart filled with the cure. John watched it as it hit Evan just below the knee.

"Oh, you bastard!" Evan said as she looked down. Without a second thought, she turned around and dropped into a ball as the liquid metal ball broke its form entirely.

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