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Chapter Thirteen
Wanda immediately went for Rogue. Her fists were engulfed with a dark green light and before Rogue could react Wanda's hand came crashing into her face. Rogue careened backward and hit the ground hard but was back up in an instant. But Wanda was quicker. Her red eyes never left Rogue as she shot one of the green lights at her. Rogue dodged, the light followed, and before she knew what was happening she was pinned to the wall.
"Magnificent gift, really." Magneto laughed. "The power to manipulate, or hex, anything she wants."
"Wanda!" Rogue cried, trying to fight the green light that engulfed her and held her to the wall. "Wanda, don't do this!"
"She can't hear you." Magneto laughed.
"Enough!" John cried and in a burst of flames he leapt for Magneto. With a wave of his hand Magneto called the metal from the ground to bat John away.
"Wanda!" Rogue cried. "He's going to kill John! He's going to kill the man that I love. Help me!" Wanda wasn't listening. Her invisible grasp on Rogue tightened when Wanda closed her fist and Rogue gasped for air.
Meanwhile Magneto sent strip of metal after strip of metal at John, who was slowly but surely melting each of them. He was almost completely engulfed in flames, and nothing was working. Finally, John's eyes turned to his son, who was watching intently but not moving.
"Mathew!" John called and the child's eyes turned toward him. "Daddy needs your help, Mathew."
Rogue gasped again and clawed at her neck, trying to get air into it and get rid of the force that was holding it. "Wanda," Rogue gasped. "You're killing me, you're best friend. You're letting Magneto kill John, and then he's going to kill Mathew."
For a split second the chokehold on Rogue loosened a bit. "Mathew!" Rogue cried. "He'll kill Mathew." Wanda blinked and shook her head.
"Mathew?" She repeated. Meanwhile John was still frantically yelling for his son. That's when a strip of metal made it through John's melting and slapped him in the head. In one hit he spun backwards, the flames disappeared and he landed on the ground. A stream of blood began to seep from his skull.
"JOHN!" Rogue screamed, Wanda was still shaking her head and Magneto's ominous laugh echoed in the hold. The door to Rogue's left burst open as the rest of the team flew in only to skid to a halt at the scene before them.
"MATHEW!" Rogue cried. "Mommy needs your help" Mathew's eyes switched away from John's unconscious body to stare at Rogue. Then his eyes narrowed and his gaze switched to Magneto who wasn't paying him any mind.
"Welcome X-men." Magneto boomed. "You are just in time for my little demonstration to the humans." He lifted his hand turned toward Mathew and froze. The little five year old had stood up and was now glaring at Magneto with his fists clenched. Magneto watched in horror as the tip of his cape caught on fire. Immediately he tried to put it out only to have it spread to his hands, down his arms and over the rest of his body. He cried out in pain as the fire licked its way over him and then in another cry of agony he shriveled to ash.
Rogue immediately fell from the wall, just barely catching herself long enough to run to her son and swoop him into her arms. She didn't stop to see if he was okay, instead she spun and slid to the side of her fiancé.
"John" she cried, tears in her eyes. "John, please be okay. Please."
Mathew moved away from his mom to look down at John. "Pwease." He asked, and then put a chubby hand on John's cheek. "Pwease." He said again.
Slowly John's eyes opened. He winced and then tried to sit up, only to have Rogue practically throw herself on him. "John!" she cried, kissing every inch of his face.
"Ew." Mathew complained and stood up. He walked right up to Wanda and lifted his hands up to her. She was still dazed and confused but she picked up the kid anyway. Sighing she cuddled him to her chest and kissed the top of his head.
"Mommy and daddy are being gross." He declared. He looked around the rest of the room and huffed. "I want to go home, now."
Rogue laughed as she carefully helped John to his feet and together, the new family, along with the old X-men, and the new Brotherhood, headed back to the place they would always call home.
"Charles Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters."
Four years later:
"Mathew! Stop tormenting your brother this instant!" Rogue's voice echoed in the mansion as she chased after her two boys. The four year old Shane was currently running as fast as his little legs would carry him away from his nine year old brother. Rogue snatched Shane as he rounded a corner and glared down at Mathew.
"Where is your father?" She demanded. Mathew looked away and Rogue snatched his hand. "Well let's go see what he has to say for himself."
Her purse was still slung over her shoulder, and her keys were still in hand. She had only had enough time to throw her bags into their room and chase after the boys. Well, wait until she got a hold of their father!
Logan heard her coming long before John did. Currently, the men of the institute were all in the lounge playing poker. Logan's head jerked up and his eyes widened as he turned to regard the door. "If I were you," He stated to John without looking over at him, "I'd run like hell."
John's eyes widened and before he had a chance to contemplate a hiding spot the door flew open to reveal Rogue with Shane on one hip and Mathew on the other side. "You were supposed to be watching them." She stated, making sure her voice was level.
"I got distracted" John defended. "I'm sorry."
"Distracted?" she demanded. She glanced around the room, spotted the small couch in the corner and smirked, evilly. "Fine. Since you seem to want to spend all of your time in here you can just sleep here!"
John's eyes widened as he, and every other man in the room, turned to look at the ratty couch. "Baby!" He cried, leaping to his feet. "Come on."
"And if you keep it up I'll leave the boys in here with you." And with that she slammed the door. John fell back into his seat and pouted.
"I told you," Logan said. "Stop having kids. She gets like this every time she gets pregnant. But you can't seem to learn your lesson."
John simply smirked back. "I can't keep my hands off her."
"Three boys." Bobby stated shaking his head. "Well, you just keep all three of those boys away from my little girl." He joked. John laughed and the poker game continued.
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