A/N: This one is shorter than normal, but I updated sooner so thats got to count for something, right?

I continued to struggle. My arms felt like they were going to be ripped off and I was still trying to breath with the awful burn of the air being knocked out of me and Pyro just leaned in, adding more and more pressure until I finally stopped.

"Are you going to behave now?" Pyro asked.

Even though my face was pushed against the carpeted floor I nodded. I figured playing along would buy me some time to figure something out and let me catch my breath.

"Good." He removed his knee and he let my arms rest at a more comfortable angle behind my back. He wasn't rough on me as he helped me sit up like he'd been moments before. I figured he wanted me to calm down before he did whatever he had planned for me. There were a million different scenarios going through my mind as to what he had in store and none of them looked good for me.

"What do you want?" My voice didn't shake, and I was a little proud of myself for it.

"Information." He said, turning my face to look at him over my shoulder, but it was too dark to make out much details. I knew he was kneeling behind me, still holding my arms behind my back. His fingers were warm on my chin, and his face came into the small beam of blue moonlight that spilled across my living room. He was too close for comfort.

"What? I don't know anything." What kind of information would he want from me? Tips on make-up? I didn't know anything about anything! Then I realized he may want to know something about the school and I started to really freak out. I started shaking my head. "No. I'm not telling you anything Xavier's. I don't know anything useful anyway."

He gave me an amused smirk, and I was disturbed by how it softened his features. "I'm not talking about the school. I want to know about your brother. Where is he?"

"What!?! He's with ya'll!" What did he mean where was my brother?

His fingers tighten a fraction on my face, but they didn't hurt. "I'm not going to play that game. Where is he?"

"I don't know." I had no idea what he was talking about. How would I know where Otto was? I hadn't seen him the diner.

He let go of my face to reach into his pocket and pulled out a Zippo with a shark looking design on it. I stilled and watched as he flipped it open and a split second later a flame danced to life. I'd never been so terrified of a lighter in my life.

"I think you do." He said quietly.

I shook my head. "I don't." I didn't think there was any way to make him believe me. I was scrambling for a way to get away from him. I noticed he wasn't wearing the thing on his arm, whatever it was that spit fire out at his wrist that he'd had on at the diner. I wasn't sure but I thought maybe he couldn't create fire and if I could get that lighter away from him then I'd have a shot of making it out of this alive. I wasn't positive though.

Flames danced close to my face and had me leaning back into him. "I haven't seen him since the diner. I haven't heard from him or anything. I don't know where he is."

"Now-" He started to say, but I slung my head back as hard as I could and caught him in the throat. He let go of me and the fire died. I jumped up and as he leaned over coughing. He was using the hand with the zippo as support to hold him up and I stomped on it. He let out a holler and I reached down and snatched up the lighter then started running.

He was yelling but I was out the door and heading toward the stairs. No way was I going to chance the elevator. However, I rethought that idea when I opened the stairway door and found the guy with a helmet even dumber than Magneto's was waiting at the bottom. I turned around and slammed into Pyro. He shoved me forward and closed the door behind us.

I attacked him and fought hard, but he was obviously more experienced and knew a few more tricks than me. I gave him a hell of a time but he got me pinned between him and the wall.

"You keep kicking me and I'm going to let Juggernaut have you. He's not going to be as nice as me."

I kicked him again, and he pushed even closer so I couldn't get a good swing at him again.

"Aww, she's a pretty little thing." Juggernaut said as he joined us at the top of the stairs.

Pyro raised an eyebrow as if Juggernaut saying that proved his point.

"I don't know anything." I said as a last ditch effort.

"Maybe you do, maybe you don't. Magneto said to bring you in if you didn't tell us anything. So you're coming with us." Pyro shrugged.

My heart stopped then kicked into over drive and I wondered if Pyro could feel it since he was pressing so close.I felt the blood drain from my face and my eyes go big. I was being taken to Magneto? What the hell!?! I didn't know anything! I was seriously terrified and I knew they could see it.

"Don't worry Princess, he needs you alive." Juggernaut grinned at me.

I glanced at Pyro's face and his expression was a little more grim…and I'd almost say he looked like he pitied me.

"What's he need me for?" I asked frantic. What could a terrorist want from me? I didn't know any top secret classified government information. For heavens sake I was a librarian at a mutant's school? Didn't that earn me some brownie points with the mutant terrorist?

"Your brother." Pyro answered.

"But I don't know anything!" I yelled. Maybe if I was loud enough someone would hear me. Although what they would be able to do against these two, I don't know.

"Doesn't matter. You'll draw the Shadow Man out."

"Who's a Shadow Man?" What?

"Your brother."

"I thought Otto teleported or something? He's not a ghost shadow thing." Why was I even arguing that point? Why did I even remember what a shadow man was? Oh, yea, because of my Cajun grandmother who'd been as about as superstitious as they come.

"What?" Pyro looked at me like I was crazy. I felt nuts for even remembering that at a time like this.

"Let me go. He wont come for me." I shook my head. " No one will. You'll just have me hanging around and I wont be of any use and-" I tried to reason with them.

"Oh, just shut up." Juggernaut snapped.

Pyro moved back from me, his hands still on me, but I thought quick and kneed him in the groin and took off. I made it back into the hallway and was heading for the elevator. I glanced back in time to see Juggernaut crash through the wall and door way. I ran faster.

I made it to the elevator and was frantically pushing the bottom. It opened with a ding immediately and closed in Juggernauts face. I was breathing heavily as I pulled my cell phone out of my pocket and called Rogue's phone. I figured calling her would be the quickest way to get help instead of going through the schools automated system. I started to cry when all I got was voice mail.

"Rogue. I'm in trouble and don't have anyone else to call. Pyro and Juggernaut are here and I'm in the elevator and I don't think I'm going to be able to out run them. They're looking for Otto and they say they're going to take me to Magneto and-" The elevator door opened on the ground floor and there was Pyro waiting for me. I still had his lighter; I'd shoved it into my pocket earlier, and I was so glad because he looked pissed.

I tried pushing the close door button, but he was in the elevator before the doors shut. I dropped my phone not bothering to end the call to Rogue and punched him in the face, just like Logan taught me. His head snapped back but I didn't leave it at that. I kept hitting him; I wasn't going with out a fight. It wasn't in me to just give up. He didn't hit me back, but I did get slammed roughly into the elevator wall.

"You're a real pain in the ass, you know that?" He held me against the wall with his forearm, almost choking me. I clawed at his arm then his hand when he put it in one of my coat pockets then the next. He was looking for his lighter and I wondered if he'd set me on fire once he found it. I pushed at him and hitting him when he shoved a hand in my jeans pocket; he found it in the second one he tried.

He tested the lighter, watching the flames for a second and I held my breath, but he snapped the top shut. "Time to go." He moved his arm from my throat and grabbed my arm. The door dinged open and I dug my feet in, refusing to budge. Juggernaut was waiting outside the open elevator door. Chuckling to himself he stepped forward and the last thing I saw was his large fist coming at me.

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