Letters from Nowhere
Chapter 10
Princess of Eryn Lasagalen
Disclaimer: I don't own X-men. If I did, then John would be with Bobby and they were get their happily ever after.
A/N: I'm so sorry this is so late. Wow…has it been so long since I've last updated? Well, anyways, I'm going to be going to Cancun in two days, so I figured I'd get this up. I don't really have an excuse on why this is so incrediably late...except for the ususal- school (AP US History is killer) and girls who fight nasty.
P.s: Did everyone hear about the Wolverine movie? I can't wait to see Taylor as Gambit...so smexi.
Anyway, enjoy!
When John and Bobby entered the Professor's office, the occupants of the room burst out into an uproar. Scott was screaming about John being a traitor while Storm was trying to talk to the Professor about the amount of students being pulled out by their parents to take the cure. Kitty was quietly trying to inform the X-men that Rogue had returned to the institute after getting the cure. Logan was oddly staying silent while Peter was smiling, no scratch that, smirking at John and Bobby.
"Please take a seat, boys. We have much to discuss."
At the Professor's words, Bobby and John took a seat and waited for the Professor to start talking.
"As many of you know, John as returned to us from his travels and has moved back into the Institute. Because Warren is currently residing in John's old room, John will be living with Peter for the time being." The Professor said. "I realize a number of you have many questions on why he had left."
The Professor looked at John, waiting for him to explain.
"It's none of their freakin' business why I wasn't fighting with the Brotherhood. I didn't kill anybody. I didn't hurt anyone." John snapped defensively.
"Bobby, he hasn't changed at all. I don't know why you kept on defending him." Scott grumbled. The older mutant looked at the Professor's direction before speaking again, "Why did we accept him back here anyway? Any other place would've kicked him out already."
"Hey, watch it jackass!" Logan growled.
"I think you owe us an explanation, John." Storm said, placing a hand on Scott's arm to stop his accusations against the fire mutant. Her other hand was placed firmly on Logan's shoulder to stop him from launching at Scott.
"I left based on personal reasons. I'm back because of my best friend who never gave up on me regardless of what you people were saying about me. I don't give a shit about humans and all those people that you defend." John said, looking up to meet Bobby's eyes. "If someone attacked the institute, I'd help defend it- only because it's my home and well as Bobby's."
"That's enough, isn't it?" Bobby asked hopefully.
"He has no compassion, whatsoever. He doesn't care about anyone in the world except for himself. We work to make sure the world understands us and knows that we are just like any other human. John's beliefs work against everything we work for. He's a bad influence on the other children, Charles. If they see his attitude towards humans, they will also think that all humans are bad." Storm reasoned.
"I'm not playing the babysitter, now am I? I don't need to be around them. They can all go take the cure for all I care. I'm proud to be a mutant. It's who I am and who you are. We can't hide that. No matter how much we try to, them humans are always going to hate us for being different." John shot back. He turned towards the Professor, "You never said I had to believe in your silly X-men."
The Professor smiled slightly before replying, "John is right. I never required him to believe in our credo. This institute welcomes all mutants, regardless of their beliefs."
Scott opened his mouth to protest, but was shushed by Storm. She understood Charles' reasons. The institute welcomed all mutants, regardless. It was why they had accepted John in the first place. From the beginning, the fire mutant had hated humans and made sure everyone in the institute knew it. She wasn't surprised he still felt that way.
"Now I'm sure the government and any anti-mutant group isn't too happy with the destruction at Worthington labs." The Professor said, attempting to turn the conversation in another direction.
"Hank is working on the Congress. We do not need to prepare for any kind of attack. The government realizes that they were wrong to try to cure us." Storm provided.
"We have already lost too many mutants to the cure." Scott added.
"I wasn't too upset about losing Magneto to the cure." Logan piped as he pulled out a cigar from his pocket and proceeded to look for a lighter. After patting himself down and failing to produce the object in question, he turned towards John. "Light me up?"
"Speaking of the cure, Rogue just came back from taking it." Kitty said, speaking up about what she was previously trying to make known.
Her declaration caused the room to quiet down, the only sound being the clicks of John's zippo as he provided Logan the light he requested.
"She should visit the medical labs so we can see the full results." Storm finally said. "Many cured mutants have reported that their powers have returned."
"You don't think Marie is going to get her powers back, do you?" Logan asked. "Or better yet, what about Magneto?"
"It's a very high possibility, on both cases. I would think a definite yes on Erik, considering his power level."
John looked over to Bobby to see his reaction to the news, "You wish you could've made out with her before the cure malfunctioned, don't you?"
"Not really." Bobby replied with a shrug.
"Since the boy is no longer used to keep the mutant gene away, the possibility of the powers returning is almost a hundred percent." Storm continued. "We could be getting all our students back."
"The place was getting too quiet anyway." Peter added. "We're going to need a lot more space when more students come. The battle on the Alcatraz brought the institute a lot of publicity."
"Bobby, you think you can get a hold of Rogue for her checkup?" Scott asked.
"We're not together anymore, Mr. Summers." Bobby replied, which earned him a growl from Logan. The man was the one to send Kitty to talk to him about John in the first place, now he was angry because he broke up with Marie?
Storm's face formed into frown as she sent Bobby and John a disapproving look. "Have you two already tried out if the cure worked on her? Is that why you two broke up?"
"We broke up because she made me choose between her and John. Obviously I chose my best friend." Bobby replied. The blue-eyed mutant sighed as he wished he could hold John's hand right now.
"We're not here to discuss the love lives of the kids. If there's nothing else important to talk about, I would appreciate it if we could end this meeting." Logan said gruffly.
The Professor nodded at Logan before saying, "The X-men is allowed to leave. Ororo, if you'd schedule John into the Danger room, I would love to see his progress while he was away. Make sure his sessions are alone. John, would you stay behind, please?"
The Professor waited until the all the X-men left before speaking to John, "I thought I should tell you this privately. You brother, Evan, is now in the medical labs. He's locked in a fireproof room. Would you like to see him before we hand him over to the authorities?"
John thought about what the Professor had just told him before answering, "I think I would like to see him. I'm going to bring Bobby though."
"I didn't expect anything else, John." Charles said with a small smile. "I trust that you two won't be found in your room after dark?"
"No." John replied, eyes refusing to meet the Professor's.
"Then you may go visit Evan anytime today. The code for the door is Xavier."
When John returned to his room, Bobby wasn't there waiting for him- not that he expected the other boy to wait. John then proceeded to Bobby's room, which he now shared with Warren. Once he reached the corridor, he could hear shouting coming from Bobby's room.
"That wasn't the only reason why I broke up with you! It doesn't matter if you're a mutant or not, Rogue."
John entered the room just as Rogue was storming out, "Watch it, Pyro. I'm going to get you back for stealing Logan and Bobby from me!"
"What was that about?" John asked after Rogue left.
"She wanted to get back together now that we're both mutants again. She thought we could go back." Bobby replied with a groan.
"Her position is already filled in." John said, trying to get Bobby's mind off of Rogue.
"So what did the Professor want?" Bobby asked, grabbing John's hand and pulling him onto the bed.
"Evan's locked up in the medical labs."
"And are you going to see him?" Bobby asked, squeezing John's hand.
"I wanted you to come with me." John said, squeezing back.
"I guess this means more verbal abuse, huh?"
John smiled, knowing that meant Bobby was agreeing to go with him. "Well, at least we're actually dating this time so he's not actually mocking us."
"He did call me the knight in shining armor. That's a compliment, yeah?" Bobby said, giving John a nudge.
"I don't mean to burst your bubble, Iceman, but I'm definitely not a little princess that needs someone to come rescue them." John said. He reached into his pocket to pull out his flamethrowers. "I'm not going in there unarmed."
Bobby pulled one of the flamethrowers out of John's hands and looked it over. "How do you even use this?"
John smirked as he slipped one on and flipped the switch that turned the flame on. The small flame grew as he transferred it to his other hand. "No more accidents where dropping my lighter can mean a broken arm in the danger room."
"It's not easy to forget that you can cause as much damage as Evan can when you have these." Bobby mumbled as he handed the other flamethrower back.
"I may have set a lot of things on fire in my life, but I'm not Evan." John shoved the flamethrower Bobby had jus handed back into his pocket. He never sued both- unless in a extreme situation.
"I never said you were like Evan, John!" Bobby said earnestly.
"I'm just not like the innocent girls you're used to." John pointed out as he got up and headed for the door. "I know I'm different and that you're taking a chance with me. You've been my best friend for ages, Bobby. You know everything about me. You know I'm not like that."
"Go ahead and insult me all you want, I'm not going to bother getting upset over it anymore." John called out as he entered Evan's room.
The other fire mutant just glared, that is until he saw Bobby enter the room.
"You know, you're just setting yourselves up for the boyfriend cracks, yeah?"
"Doesn't bother either of us- considering how he is my boyfriend right now." Bobby said with a laugh. "Besides, you're going to prison anyway."
"Johnny, what would mommy think? Do you think she'll love you anymore if you let her baby boy go to jail?" Evan asked with a smirk.
"I'm tempted to let Logan on you instead of just sending you to prison." John replied, waiting to watch his brother sweat.
"Your precious X-men would never hurt another mutant." Evan said confidently.
"That's what you don't know, little brother. Logan doesn't follow the rules of the X-men and neither do I." John shot back, instantly shutting Evan up. "Remember, nobody knows you're here. We could kill you and no one would know."
"Yeah, going to kill me like you got Chris killed?" Evan sneered.
"I didn't get him killed!" John yelled.
"You were the reason he stayed! He could've left with us. If it wasn't for you, he'd still be alive and you'd be the one that's dead." Evan yelled back. "Not that anyone would miss you. No one even wanted you."
"I'm not going to let anything you say affect me. You're just a liar." John said. "You're just mad because Chris loved me enough to stay."
"He stayed because he felt back for leaving you with that bastard of a father." Evan snapped. "He never loved you at all. What kind of monster sets his own brother on fire?"
"You." Bobby simply said. HE could see that even though John had said he would not let Evan's words affect him, the other boy was still trembling. "You attacked John on purpose. He hurt you by accident. There's a big difference."
"You're so busy defending your boyfriend that you don't even realize that he could've lied to you all this time. How do you know his story is the real one?" Evan asked, looking directly at Bobby.
"Because I trust him. Because I know him. And because I love him." Bobby replied. "Whichever one you want to believe, take your pick."
Then he turned to John, "Why did you want to see him anyway?"
John took a deep breath to calm himself down before answering, "Because I wanted to have the last work. I want you to know, Evan, that even though I got beat and hurt, I will always never regret a single move in move life. You may have a great childhood that I never could've had, but I have so much more. I had Chris. I had a great older brother that loved me. I have a great best friend and a boyfriend. You're just going to jail for a long time."
And with that, John turned his back on his brother and walked out of the room and his old life. He had a brand new one waiting to for him to start.
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