Disclaimer: gonna stop putting this in…honestly I think you guys know who I own and who/what I don't by now. But just to reillustrate some of the quotes are taken directly from the X2 novel...

So yeah I promised that I would have this thing bloody updated within a week of the last chapter…I'm so sorry…things got really hectic with tons of papers for classes and friends making me be un antisocial, and…ok honestly I was totally distracted by the new movies I got for my birthday, one of which included X3 so there you go…This chapter was all set to go…just didn't get 'round to posting it. But now I have so enjoy!

Ps. Sorry this one's kinda short…I wanted to end the chapter where I did so it gave it more feeling. I hope it worked!

"Hook line and Sinker"

Dan had held his breath as the jet shuddered, before taking off, nearly good as new, and when Jean and Storm looked back at him with grateful smiles, he couldn't help, but return the grin, his ears glowing red with both embarrassment and pride. Even more so when in passing, Logan gave a nod, and the boy sensed that was his own way of acknowledging Dan's help with the whole thing.

Because he was the smallest, Dan took up residence in one of the small bucket seats; unfortunately, not far from where Magneto and Mystique were seated. The looks from the previous night had not stopped, and now added to the small smiles between the two, now they were whispering to one another laughing quietly to themselves.

Remembering what Peter had told him about ignoring Jamie's taunts, he just applied it here, ignoring the two adults by focusing totally on the interior of the jet, taking in each physical detail.

The ignoring only lasted a little while however. Not long into the flight, Bobby and Rogue asked where their uniforms were. Dan had perked up at this question, because he was equally curious, he had wanted to be apart of the X-men since Xavier and Scott had talked to him at the group home. If Rogue, Bobby, and John were going to be allowed to have uniforms signifying their initiation into the X-men, then there was no reason to exclude him from that, he may be smaller and younger then the other three, but he had just as much right as them to become an X-man, after all, hadn't he shown that he was good enough by fixing the Jet?

However, their idea of glory with the team was shot down when Logan informed them sarcastically that their uniforms were on order and would arrive in a few years. Though the older three teens were disappointed by that, Dan actually found Logan's answer amusing and was desperately trying not to laugh, at least he was at first, until Magneto finally acknowledged the teens, when Rogue walked by them.

"Rogue," Magneto said with a smile, Dan's ears perked up and he looked over watching curiously. "We love what you've done with your hair," Dan watched as Rogue walked towards Magneto and Mystique, pulling her glove off, Bobby came up behind her and pulled her back, walking her away from them. Magneto seemed totally un-phased by Rogue's action; if anything he seemed amused by it. Bobby led Rogue back to their seat, they walked past Dan and as they did, Bobby gave him a half kind of smile and ruffled his hair quickly.

After they passed, Dan turned his attention back to Magneto, John was looking at the old man, there was a long silence and for a few seconds, Dan thought the flight would go back to dead silence, at least he thought so until he heard John try to instigate a conversation with Magneto,

"They say you're the bad guy,"

"Is that what they say?" Magneto replied, his tone obviously unimpressed by John's boldness. A few seconds went by, before he went at it again

"That's a dorky looking helmet," he said "what's it for?" Now Magneto's interests seemed to perk up,

"This dorky looking helmet is the only thing that is going to protect me from the real bad guys." He answered, quickly he flicked his fingers and John's lighter flew from his hands, catching John (and Dan) by surprise. "What's your name?" he asked igniting the lighter

"John,"

"What's your real name John?"

"Pyro," he answered using his power to grab the flame from the lighter, allowing it to dance around in his hand.

"That's quite a talent you have there Pyro," Dan could see it on John's face, a look of pride when Magneto said his codename, hook line and sinker, Dan thought with a slight grin,

"I can only manipulate the fire," John said "I cant make it," he finished, closing his fist so the flame disappeared. Magneto nodded,

"You are a god among insects, don't let anyone tell you different." He said, holding his hand out to return the lighter to John. Dan shook his head and silently groaned, John was already bigheaded enough, telling him that he was a god among insects? That just made it worse, he'd never let that go nor would he ever let it be forgotten.

There was another moment of silence and Dan was paying attention to Jean and Storm, when he felt someone staring at him, he turned and looked in the direction of the stares though it wasn't much of a guessing game, it was Magneto and Mystique. He really wanted to keep trying to ignore them, but it was getting harder,

"Come on," he said under his breath "just ask me already," as if reading his thoughts like Xavier, the older man finally spoke to him

"And what about you? Aren't you the little Mr. Fixit, repairing the computer system of such a complicated jet all by your self? That must have taken quite an impressive amount of skills… What's your name?" totally expecting this, Dan had no problem giving the old man a hard time.

"Dan," Magneto seemed to sigh with a hint of frustration,

"Are you quite sure about that?" Dan felt his body tense up,

"I think I'd know my own name,"

"Really?" there was a pause "what else do they call you?" Dan didn't answer for a moment as he took a deep breath trying to calm himself down.

"Einstein," Magneto exchanged a look with Mystique

"Einstein?" he repeated "well now isn't that interesting," the old man waved his hand, at first Dan expected that he was going after his glasses and along with making sure his eyes were tightly shut, he held onto the glasses knowing that he wouldn't be able to hold onto them if Magneto tried to grab them, but instead, Dan felt his night visor shake in his pocket and slowly fly out and float in front of him, he opened one eye then the other staring at his visor as it floated midair for a moment, before it flew over to Magneto who caught it with ease.

"You could've just asked," unlike John, Dan wasn't in awe over Magneto, sure his powers were cool and all, but that didn't change the fact that he was a mutant, just like Dan, just like John, just like all of them, he may be making himself out to seem better then them, but he was in the same boat as every other mutant. "I could've shown 'em to ya,"

"So Einstein, optic blasts as well?" Magneto looked the visor over, "there seems to be an accessory missing from your visor,"

"Well, considering that visors only purpose is to make sure if I wake up in the middle of the night, I don't give the mansion a new skylight, they really don't need to be high-tech." Magneto seemed amused by that, but Dan didn't know why, it hadn't seemed that funny to him and he hadn't meant it to be.

"So then where perhaps are the release studs that occupancy the visor?" Dan didn't say anything for a minute or two, instead he simply shrugged. "or perhaps you are withholding the other pair from me?" now Dan shook his head looking at his feet

"No…just the nightvisor and my glasses," he replied, not looking at the two adults across from him, even though he could feel them looking at him, as a third gaze joined, he knew John was intently watching as well.

Magneto and Mystique exchanged an amused look, before Magneto levitated the visor back to Dan who quickly grabbed it and stuffed it in his pocket.

Thanks," he muttered, Magneto leaned forward so only him, Dan, and Mystique could hear him speak, Dan was just waiting for the same speech he had given John.

"You're being held back Leonardo, my dear friend Charles is holding you back, not just with your optic blasts, but with that impressive computer power you pride yourself in possessing. He believes you to young to understand it's potential and to young to know the supremacy you can hold over all, I however think you know exactly what it's capable of and have no objection to using it for the very purpose you were given it, at least deep down."

Dan stared at Magneto in shock, not just because the old man had called him a name that he had only heard in his dreams, but because Magneto had voiced a deep dark thought that Dan had kept to himself and usually found himself ashamed of thinking it, a thought that usually only entered his mind when he was mad at the treatment mutants faced at the hands of humans; the fact that he could use his intelligence and power itself to dominant. His power was something to be feared, but not because of brute force, but by pure control of things people had come to depend so strongly on, such as technology.

Magneto leaned back into his seat and folded his hands, while he continued to look at Dan expectantly almost…proudly, and it wasn't until Dan heard Jean calling his name, did he finally snap back to reality and look up.

Logan was watching him, obviously keeping an eye on the boy in almost a protective kind of way, he nodded at Dan, gesturing for him to go see Jean, and looking back at Magneto for a moment, he unbuckled his harness and headed over to Jean, Magneto's words echoing in his mind. Knowing that like with John…Magneto had just reminded him how his power could be used to gain authority over others, that like John…Magneto had pitched his line, and it had hit Dan hard, the only question was…would he fall to Magneto's pitch like John had…or could he be more willful to ignore it.

Like I said it was kinda short…but hopefully got the message home…Soooo Xavier's holding Dan back? Magneto knows more about Dan than Xavier or Magneto is letting on? Ooo what is Dan's past really and how does Magneto know 'bout it? Questions, questions, questions…

So no reviews for the last chapter so no review thanks…But Thanks to all my readers anyways! I love you guys! You're the best and really helping this fic come along…sooo hope everyone enjoyed that chapter…Next update hopefully will be sooner on everything…I go on Christmas break in a few weeks, so as soon as all my finals, papers, and presentations are over and bloody done with…I'll have ample time to write and update everything, so till then! Please review!

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