-A few hours later at the edge of the estate-

Pietro stood at the edge of the cliff, his arms fully extended, and his eyes were closed tight. He felt the wind rush passed him and he envisioned running across the lake and towards the ocean, around the world.

Not far behind him were Logan and Anna. Logan stood guard in case he tried to run, but Anna was there for a more morbid response for the ex-speed-demon; she was ready to leap into action if he jumped.

Pietro smiled as the wind wiped his hair to the side, "When I run there's no sound."

Anna peeked an eyebrow, "What do ya mean?"

Pietro put his arms down and turned on his heel to face Anna. Sapphire met emerald, "I can out run sound; it just can't keep up. So, my eardrums have nothing to register," he smiled, "I couldn't hear them cry, they were in my arms, and I couldn't hear them at all…" he trailed off.

Logan sniffed the air, "You got company speedy," he then took into a sprint towards the mansion.

Anna looked towards the mansion, "Looks lahke they fahnally came for ya," as she turned back, Pietro leapt off the cliff. She didn't think, she didn't pause, she didn't hesitate; she just leapt after him. She quickly closed the gap and wrapped her arms around him and flew him back to the estate, "What the hell were ya thinkin'?"

Pietro smiled, "You said you'd wait for me… but I don't want you to wait," he placed his hands on her shoulders, "Will you be my girl?"

-Meanwhile at the Mansion gates-

There stood the Brotherhood: Avalanche, Pyro, the Blob, Toad, the Scarlet Witch, Mystique, Lady Mastermind, Deuce the Devil Dog, and the Living Mummy. They paused in front of the gate.

Lance stepped forward, "We're about to fight twenty-one mutants; if Pietro fights with us that means we have to fight two each. Most of us are going up against loved ones, but remember we're here to rescue a fallen brother and take him home," the other Brotherhood members nodded, "Don't hold back, and don't stop moving forward," he then eyed Freddy, "And whatever you do don't let the leverage get away," Lance's arms began to shake violently, "Hit 'em hard, hit 'em fast!" he extended his arms and released the pent up seismic vibrations, causing the gates to fly off their hinges and land near the fountain; Wanda immediately teleported away.

As the gates landed several X-Men ran out of the mansion, some uniformed, others still in their school attire.

Todd began running and leaping up the driveway, "Good distance!"

N'Kantu drew his swords, and he and Deuce ran into action. Deuce tackled Jaime resulting in fifteen Jaimes being spawned, Rahne then leapt onto his back. N'Kantu slashed at Warren and Kurt but Kurt was too agile and Warren took to the sky. Todd ducked under Roberto's punches and leapt over Tabby's cherry bombs. Freddy was having a rather difficult time; he would root himself to the ground so Sam wouldn't send him flying, but then he'd have to go into a run to shrug off Bobby's icy assault. St. John was torn; instead of attacking directly, he would simple redirect Amara's flame attacks to try and singe Kitty, but she simply phased through it. Lance on the other hand, took great pleasure in burying Piotr and getting into an old-fashioned fistfight with Scott.

-Meanwhile inside the Mansion-

Regan and Raven had slipped passed the others in order to make sure reinforcements didn't show up. As of right now they had Jubilation and Ray sitting on the floor with their backs against each other with a substantial amount of drool coming from their mouths. Both women ventured upstairs.

Raven looked up as she heard a familiar 'Skint,' but was surprised to see only Laura, "Well if it isn't Wolverine-light," she smirked, "You honestly think you can play with the big kids now?"

Laura growled at her and lunged for the kill, Raven still had her arm in a sling but it did little to slow her down; she easily sidestepped the teen and placed a boot across her face. Laura quickly shook it off and tried to use a series of clawed kicks. Raven dodged those as well and finally delivered the finishing blow. She tossed the young girl over the banister and she crashed through a table impaling her on one of the legs. Just as blood began to trickle from her mouth Logan made his appearance in the room.

Raven rolled her eyes, "Go find him," she then leapt over the banister and landed on Logan's unsuspecting body.

-A few minutes later in Jean's room-

The twins' lay in their crib, both sound asleep. While their mothers lay atop the bed spooning.

Wanda pulled Jean closer to her body, "Are you sure about this?"

Wanda had her arms around Jean, and Jean rested her hand on Wanda's arm, "It would be mutually assured destruction if we were to fight," she furrowed her brow, "What are you doing?"

Wanda sighed, "In close quarters like this, I've always been able to sense my brother, but I can't 'feel' him anywhere."

-Meanwhile at the edge of the estate-

Pietro stood across from Anna staring into her gorgeous eyes.

He smirked his classic Quicksilver smirk, "What do you say?"

Anna's face softened, "Of course."

Pietro nodded, "They're really fighting hard aren't they?"

Anna pulled him into a hug, "Ya want to fahght?"

Pietro smiled, "No, I'm happy right now."

-Meanwhile in the living room-

Logan and Raven had destroyed practically every piece of furniture in the room. They were too evenly matched. For a well-built man Logan was surprisingly fast, and although Raven possessed a small frame, she was frighteningly strong.

Raven had both of Logan's arms wrapped in her left arm. Logan glared at her, "Ya can't keep this up darlin', especially with that broken arm."

Raven smirked, "That's the key difference between us Logan," she removed her arm from its sling and altered her body to give it some armored platting, "I know how to deceive," she then began pummeling him with her mace-like appendage.

Until she was thrown back by a gust of wind, "Logan I suggest you tend to your daughter."

Logan got up and walked to Laura's side, to pull her off of the table.

-Meanwhile outside-

The Brotherhood were doing their best, but numbers and fatigue were beginning to set in. The X-Men had the luxury of rotating in and out of the fight giving them time to recuperate, while the Brotherhood boys were forced to give everything they had at a constant rate.

But the Brotherhood was well known for their Brotherhood luck.

Lance smirked and slammed his fists into the ground, but what he didn't count on was Piotr muscling his way past it and running straight into his shield.

Kitty phased up from the ground and disarmed St. John of his flamethrowers; he reached for his pouch but noticed it was empty as well, "Oh hell!"

Logan ran into the fray, caught Todd's tongue and tied it in a knot.

Lance and Scott were grappling, "What do you want, Alvers!"

Lance pushed with his superior strength, "World domination, a meatball sub, and… oh yeah my friend!"

Scott shifted his body weight and used Lance's momentum against him and threw him to the ground, "He's sick! He needs help!" He then turned to the fight and fired a concentrated optic blast into the ground that separated the X-Men and the Brotherhood, "We're not always wrong, Alvers," he reached for his visor again, "Anna, bring him out."

After a few minutes of waiting, Anna and Pietro walked out of the front door. Lance was astonished to see his comrade in shambles, the rest of the Brotherhood probably couldn't see it due to sheer joy but to Lance it was like a great flash of light, he was ravaged by fatigue.

Charles and Regan followed the couple; "Mrs. Alvers has informed me of some leverage," Lance nodded at Freddy and he produced a squirming bag. He reached into it and pulled out a beaten Forge. Charles nodded, "I trust he will make a full recovery?"

Lance finally got up and dusted himself off, "What did you do to him?"

Logan immediately stepped in front of the rock tumbler, "Back off kid we saved his life!" The rest of the Brotherhood was ready to leap across the crevice and continue their onslaught.

Charles examined the young man very closely, "Pietro needs to remain here, and we must monitor his vitals."

Anna walked Pietro closer to his friend, "Don't I get a say in this?"

Logan unsheathed his claws, and growled out, "Look at him he can barely stand, what could you do for him?"

In true Brotherhood fashion Lance was now backed by his comrades in this shouting match, "He needs to be at home with his friends," he demanded.

"Hey!" everyone turned to a gasping Pietro, "Don't talk about me… like I'm not here…" he swallowed a lump in his throat, "I don't have my powers anymore…"

Lance ground his teeth and immediately glared at Charles, "What the hell happened to him?" every word was punctuated with a small tremor.

Hank finally made his presence known, "His mutation was burning out his body. Because he had not eaten solid food in a month's time, coupled with the fact that he had gotten 'stuck' in supersonic speed, his body was eating itself for nutrition."

Raven eyed the ape-man, "Will he ever get his powers back?"

Hank looked to the ground, "His body has been heavily damaged. I assume once the damage has been repaired and he has eaten several nutritious meals, he will one day be the resident speedster."

Pietro sighed, "Then here's to one day."

-A few hours later in the Med Lab-

Pietro sat in his gurney and picked at the slice of turkey in front of him. He sighed as the memory of the Brotherhood leaving the grounds hanging their heads in defeat rolled into his mind.

Pietro picked up a book Anna had brought him for his English class. Pietro snorted at the fact that the school expected him to do all the work he missed, if he still had his speed it wouldn't have been a problem. But as we all know problems follow the Brotherhood around like stray dogs.

Pietro opened the book, "Of Mice and Men. Moral of the story, dreams can fall apart in a flash."