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Sorry for the late update everyone! My computer had shut down...and well you all know the rest. Thank you everyone for all you loyal readers, reveiwers, and those who had put this story on their alert and favorites list!

Anyways this chapter is sort of slow...someone in their review mentioned something about Jimmy...so I decided to make a small chapter on him! Don't worry there a little bit of Ryro fluff in here too!

What I wanted

Chapter 10

Pyro walked through the hallways of the brotherhood hideout. With his hands in his pockets he had a nonchalant attitude in his walk. He was walking towards Magneto's room. As usual he was to update Magneto on his current situation. As he entered the room the man didn't waste anytime in small talk.

"How is the girl?" Magneto asked sitting from his desk.

Pyro stood across from him hiding his guilt and true feelings from his mentor.

"It's done…she's decided to stay here," he responded.

Magneto's lips formed into a smile. It was a smile that he was never going to forget. A smile that confirmed his lying and manipulative actions towards the one girl he ever cared about. His head hung low from his shoulders, and for the first time he felt ashamed. He finally had become the man in front of him; nothing more than a manipulator and a liar.

"I need you and some others to take care of the x-men. I have reason to believe that they are aware of our current location. So I need you to be ready. You, Calisto, Mystique, along with some others will go and meet them to… put them in their place. Understood?" Magneto demanded leaving no room for uncertainty.

The boy gave a small nodd still thinking about his own inner conflicts to care about the x-men.

"Good…be prepared to leave shortly." Magneto stated as he flicked his wrist for Pyro to leave.

Pyro nodded turning around for the door. His stomach turned in knots as he realized he was walking on thin ice. He had lied to Rogue and cheated her into staying here with him. He looked down at the floor filled with guilt and shame sorting out his conscience. Was it a lie if the feelings that he felt for her were real?

He stopped halfway in his step when he came to another realization. What would happen when Rogue figured out that the cure was temporary? That her powers were back. That the only reason why she could touch was because of the leeching powers of the innocent boy, Jimmy, in the room next door.

And every minute that he was with her was another minute of guilt pilled up on his conscience. He was selfish. He wanted to hold her and touch her. He wasn't ready to give that up, and that's the only reason why he couldn't bring himself to tell her every time he saw her.

Not looking where he was walking he didn't see the all too familiar female mutant Calisto, purposely bump into him.

"Watch it," he said not bothering to care to check who it was first.

"What going to see your precious girlfriend?" Calisto sneered as she turned around to face the pyromaniac.

"Fuck off Calisto," Pyro glared at her not in the mood to deal with Calisto's 'in your face and business' attitude.

"Oh I see…" Calisto began. "So the x-men decided to stay huh?"

"What do you care?"

"I don't. It's just wow… you work fast," Calisto said provokingly as her mouth threatened to let out a scoff.

John didn't even bother to retort back with words. With one swift motion he flicked the igniter on his wrist and said a wave of flames towards the girl. Calisto easily dodged the attack due to her superhuman speed, and disappeared down the hallway.

John glared at Calisto's blurry black form until it turned at the near corner. He quickly turned around until he reached Rogue's room. His eyes glanced sideways to the door next to hers: Jimmy's room. A slight pang of guilt entered his mind as he realized the isolation Jimmy has had the past few weeks.

Flashback

"Hey John…how is Jimmy doing?" the brunette girl asked as she was in the blonde's arms.

It had become routine. There wasn't a day that went by that John wouldn't visit Rogue. Mostly they would just spend their days talking about useless things.

"Jimmy? He's fine…at least I think he's fine…" John said biting back a laugh. It was obvious that he didn't care about the boy's well-being.

"John!" Rogue examined. "I'm being serious. Is he okay? I mean…Jimmy has no one to talk to…I mean I have you…and"

John couldn't help but let his lips form a lopsided grin.

"What?" Rogue said partially laughing. She sat up to get a better look at his face.

"Nothing! It's nothing…Jeeze relax a bit will you?"

"Was it something that I said? I'm serious about Jimmy. At least can I talk to him to see if he's alright? I mean just to make sure he hasn't gone insane…"

"Sure I guess…" he said uninterested in the conversation of the boy next door.

The girl rolled her eyes as she sunk back in to his arms. "I'm serious…who does he have to talk to no one. It's not fair that I have you…." Rogue looked down at her waist as she tinkered with her belt buckle. "I mean I do have you…right?" Briefly the girl stopped playing with her belt and looked up at him.

John tilted his head and looked down at the girl he held in his arms. "Yeah Rogue, you have me…" he said with a slight smile, but a smile that was definetly there.

Seeing this caused Rogue to smile uncontrollably. "Good cuz you have me too…" she as she lowered her head back down.

End of Flashback

He sidestepped to Jimmy's door and knocked. When he didn't hear anything he took the liberties to unlock the door and peek inside. Inside he saw Jimmy leaning near the window. At the sudden noise Jimmy's gaze tore away from the outside view to John. The younger boy looked at him curiously.

"Hey," John said as closed the door behind him leaning back on door frame. Already he could feel the absence of his powers. The effect of Jimmy's mutation increased with no wall and the small gap of the confined spaces of the room.

"Uh…hi," Jimmy replied as he turned to face John.

John felt the awkwardness increasing between them and made an attempt to fill the silence.

"So uh I know you've been in here alone for a while so uh…… you can…stay with Rogue for a little while if you want," John said uneasily not sure how to talk to kids like him.

Jimmy nodded silently confused at John's actions, but nonetheless grateful. Being in alone for quite sometime he welcomed the company, especially since he had not seen his fellow classmate since they were abducted.

"Yeah so uh…follow me…Oh and don't get any smart ideas. Oh and I guess you can call me Pyro" John said as he turned and walked out the door.

Jimmy followed obediently behind afraid of what would happen if he ran away. Even with his leeching powers, he remembered how they still managed to kidnap him and Rogue with ease. Stepping in front of Rogue's door John pulled out the key and unlocking it. As usual Rogue was sitting on her bed as usual smiling at him.

"You're earlier than usual," she said.

"Complaining?" John asked the girl with a raised eyebrow.

"Yeah, I'm kind of getting sick of you…" Rogue responded sarcastically.

"Well I guess that's good since I brought someone to keep you company," John said smiling not taking Rogue's comment seriously.

Rogue shot John a confused look not knowing who he would bring. He sidestepped inside revealing Jimmy and letting him inside. As soon as she saw Jimmy a wave of relief washed over her.

"Jimmy!" Rogue said as she stood up from the bed. She put her hand on his shoulders and slightly bent down to look him in the eye in a big sisterly way. "Jimmy are you okay?"

Jimmy smiled slightly and nodded. Even though they had barely even known each other it seemed their experience had brought them closer together and he had come to see Rogue as a big sister also. He was relieved that he wasn't in that room anymore. Anything was better than that.

He turned and looked up towards the pyromaniac that was watching them from the corner of the room. Standing idly he flicked his signature light over and over again. It seemed that John wasn't the one who liked to share the spotlight let alone Rogue's affection.

"You said that I could stay here right? At least for a while?" Jimmy asked him in a stressed stone. Almost as if he was scared to speak to him.

Finally Pyro flicked his lighter shut and nodded. "Yeah, anyways there are some things that…I have to do…"

Rogue stood up straight fighting back her temptation to laugh at Jimmy's perception of John. She walked over the John who was looking down at the floor with his hands in his pockets. He shifted uneasily until he raised his eyes to look up at her.

"Thank you, for showing me he's alright" she said as she held him in an embrace that he returned despite the other little boy in the room.

John looked down at the floor with his hands on Rogue's waist trying to hide his blush. Even though it was a hug he still felt slightly embarrassed with Jimmy there.

"Yeah no problem…" he said in a confident tone. "I uh…should go then…I'll be back later…"

Rogue nodded at let her arms fall from John's shoulders as he walked towards the door. John then turned towards the boy who twitched every time he looked at him. The older boy couldn't help but smirk to suppress his laugh watching the boy flinch at his every move. "See ya later kid."

"Y…yeah…see ya Pyro…" Jimmy said as John walked out and closed the door behind him. Rogue stood behind Jimmy rolling her eyes.