Worn Out chapter 10

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The group walked through the halls of the basement. No one dared to say a word, they all just fallowed Hyram in the pitch black prison.

Pietro started picking at his wounds again. Benji seemed like he was going crazy. He would shake his head and look back every second and step backwards. Konnor, surprisingly, seemed fine except that he'd repeatedly complain that he was going to throw up. What scared them all was how Hyram was acting. He had an insane expression on his face that looked like he was ready to kill anyone and everyone.

Finally, Hyram led them to a locked-up door. It was old and looked like it hadn't been used in 100 years. The lock was rusted and ready to break if by a powerful enough force. "What now Hyram?" Benji asked.

"Pietro," Pietro looked up at the sudden call of his name. "what's your mutation?"

"Super-speed."

"Kick open this lock. Your legs are strong, right?" Pietro nodded.

He walked over to the lock and with one kick to it it crumbled to the floor. Hyram whacked him on the head.

"Could you be louder?" he warned him.

"Lay off, Hyram." Benji spoke.

"Hey! I'm getting your asses out! Don't fucking tell me what to do!" he yelled back.

"Guys?" Konnor butted in. "Let's just get outa here." the two calmed down and Hyram opened the door with a scowl on his face.

The night was almost moonless, perfect for escaping in. They ran quickly but silently through the trees to eventually find a road with parked cars and the occasional driver.

No one was around so Hyram picked up a thin, long piece of metal (that had been discarded on the ground) and slid it down between the glass of the window and the door of a van he picked out quickly. It unlocked the van and Hyram kneeled in the foot-space of the driver's seat. He hot wired it then looked at the others.

"Get in, dumbasses." they all entered the can which had no backseats so Pietro, Benji and Konnor sat in the back while Hyram drove to god-knows-where.

Benji stared off into nothingness. Konnor seemed excited by the whole thing. Pietro was picking at the cuts on his wrists. Hyram would yell at the other drivers out the window.

"Come on, asshole! Move it!" Hyram pulled his head into the van. "Good to be out, ain't it, guys?" Hyram looked back at them. "What's wrong? I got ya out didn't I?" the car slightly went in the other lain.

"Hyram! The road!" Benji yelled. Hyram swung back into the right lain while turning back to face the road.

"I dunno about this..." Pietro said softly.

"What? This is what you wanted, isn't it?"

"Yeah...I guess it it..."

"So shut up and don't complain."

"Where we gunna stay?" Konnor asked.

"I used to live with some people in a broken, old house..."

"Yeah? Where?"

-Few minutes later-

The group stood outside the Brotherhood house. Hyram walked up to the door and banged on it. When no one answered, he tried to turn the handle and when that wouldn't turn, he kicked it in. "Looks like no-ones home." Benji commented.

"That's strange..." Pietro wondered where they were but then realized that they probably wouldn't let them in if they were home. Or would they? He didn't know anymore.

They all walked into the place, which was falling apart like usual, it was dirty and cluttered, the T.V. screen was cracked but didn't matter because there was no electricity. They couldn't get clean water, only brown water which was infested with rust and lead from the old pipes. There was no heat and some of the glass windows were broken to let the cold, winter air in and now their lock on the door didn't work. The place reeked of mold and mildew. There was no food for their hunger.

"What a shithole." Hyram exclaimed, none of them could disagree for once.

They were all tired from walking through the dark forest almost tripping over the rocks and roots. For a short time they had walked along an old, barely used road which was about 20 years late for a repair.

'At least the van that Hyram had stolen was half-way decent.' Pietro thought. 'We almost considered living in it instead of the house.'

They all scouted around for anything useful. The only things they found were a few blankets and some uneaten candy bars from Fred's and also Pietro's rooms, Pietro had forgotten about them and now wondered how long they had been laying around but at this point no one cared. They ate them anyway.

While searching the house, Pietro noticed that it was as though everyone had moved out. Perhaps, he thought, it was just that, that they had moved out. But to where?

'It's too late for this. I'm going to sleep.' everyone slept in a room since they were the only completely intact rooms.

-Next morning-

The Professor's phone rang and he picked it up in his office.

"Hello?"

"Professor Xavier?"

"Yes, who's this?"

"Nurse Annett from the Bayville Mental Facility."

"Oh, yes, of course. How is Pietro doing?" the Professor was used to them calling by now.

"Yes. See...he and three other boys ran away from the ward last night. We thought you could help us find them."

The Professor was shocked but tried to seem calm. "Yes. I can help you but only if Pietro uses his powers. I'll do my best." they hung up. "Pietro..." Xavier said to himself.

-Somewhere in the mansion-

"The Professor gave us a lot to think about." Lance told the rest of the Brotherhood.

"I can't stay mad at him." Wanda said. "Not after seeing him like that...not after what he said..."

"Neither can I."

"Yeah, yo. Pathetic bastard." Wanda hexed Toad into a wall.

"Yeah." Fred agreed.

"We have to tell him we ain't mad anymore."

"Ask the Pro, yo."

"To?" Wanda threatened to hex him again.

"Chill, sweetums." Toad braced himself. "To go to the crazy house." Lance punched Todd.

"He has a point." Lance said.

"Then don't hit me!"

'Wanda.' Wanda heard the Professor's voice in her head, she froze.

"Sweetums? You ok?"

"Shut up for a second."

"Professor?"

'We need to talk about Pietro." Wanda's heart dropped, fearing the worst. 'You are family. Please come to my office.'

'Wait a second! What about the rest of the Brotherhood? They are family to him too!" Wanda still knew her brother. She could tell what he was thinking.

There was a pause. 'Very well. Bring them as well.'

"Come on, guys. Baldy wants to talk to us."

"What about?" Freddy asked.

"Pietro."

"Somethin wrong?" Lance asked.

"I dunno."

They all headed for the Professor's office. When they got there, they hesitated to open the door but opened it when the Professor told them to come in. They now stood in front of the Professor.

"Ah, good. You're all here."

"So what's this all about?" Wanda asked. "How's Pietro?" her anger of him vanished now but was now replaced with confusion. Had it been fair for her to blame him?

"First of all, Pietro isn't doing as well as we'd hoped he would be doing." he said again then paused to get a glimpse of their expressions. "Secondly, last night he escaped from the mental facility."

"What!" they all yelled.

"This, in his state, is very dangerous. Not just mentally but physically too."

Wanda remembered when she went to visit Pietro. He had seemed so tired and weak, so un-like him. And then he took a knife out of his pocket and swiped it across his wrists. Wanda had been trying to put as much pressure on his wrists as she could with her hands while the others frantically searched for help.

"Wanda? You ok?" Lance asked.

"Yeah. Just thinking."

"I'll be searching for him with Cerebro. But unfortunately, he may not have the energy to use his powers." Xavier started to rub his temples.

"We're searching too."

"I don't think that is wise. He has tremendous guilt about not saving you and the way he treated the Brotherhood."

Wanda didn't answer; she left the room and the others fallowed after her.

"We're going."

"But the Pro-" Fred started.

"I'm his fucking sister! I have to! Since when do we listen?"

"Then we're coming too." Lance told her.

-The Brotherhood house-

"I am FUCKING hungry!" Hyram yelled. Pietro was laying on the sofa. Konnor and Benji were sitting on the floor, for some reason trying to get the T.V. to work when they knew they didn't have electricity.

"Pietro, get some fucking food! Steal it or something."

"If I use my powers, they'll find us."

"Then what good are you?"

"I haven't slept in days..." Pietro started picking at his wrists again.

"What are we gunna do if those people come back?" Konnor asked.

"Why would they come back to this shithole?" Hyram spoke, he had appointed himself leader. "Besides we ain't stayin here."

"We're not?"

"This is just a little stop till tonight or tomorrow. So rest up."

"Hey, Tro," Benji started. "Why you keep pickin at your cuts?"

"They're bothering the hell outa me. And it helps get my mind off things."

"Should you really be doin that?" Pietro shrugged it off.

Pietro hung his foot over the soda and started tapping his foot rapidly. "Tonight's a long time. I'll steal some food without my powers."

"Come one, T.V.! Work!" Benji yelled. Pietro rolled his eyes as he got up.

"Benji? Come help me steal."

"Kay." Benji got up and fallowed Pietro. They walked but had to keep stopping because Benji had to keep stepping backwards like before. Pietro still didn't ask why but continued to assume it had something to do with why he was in the ward.

Then he remembered, they were all off meds because they didn't have any.

They got to a pizza place and Benji distracted the man at the counter while Pietro snuck in the back and grabbed one of the boxes with pizza in it before leaving. Benji just suddenly ran out the door leaving the guy confused behind.

They both ran back to the house, laughing. They were both hysterical when they got back and fell on the floor. After calming down they ate the pizza.

Then fear captured them as they heard a vehicle drive up to the house. Quickly they ran for a hiding spot. Benji took a shelf in the closet that was in the living room, Konnor hid under the sofa, Pietro under the staircase and Hyram...no one knew where he went.

Wanda, Lance, Fred and Todd walked in. "Pietro? You here?" Pietro hid deeper into the shadows of the stairs as they walked passed into the living room.

"Why is there a pizza box, yo?"

"Pietro! Please come out if you're here!"

"We ain't mad anymore, bro!" Lance added.

'You're not...mad...?' Pietro thought.

"Yeah, it wasn't your fault." Fred said.

"Just come out. We don't want you to get hurt..." Wanda added.

'No...' Pietro clutched his head. 'Go...away...' he clawed at his wounds. He heard someone go upstairs the come down again.

"Wanda, I don't think he's here." Lance told her.

"Alright...let's go..." she said, disappointed.

When they heard the door open then close, they came out and heard the jeep drive away.

"They seem to care about you." Konnor said.

"I'm a terrible person...I betrayed them." memories flooded back to him as he held his head.

"Yap, yap, yap. Shut up!" Hyram appeared. "Listen, the sun's startin to set so make sure tomorrow you gather things for the trip."

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