Chapter 20

He let her go. Before Pyro could even register what had happened, Wanda had stopped falling, just her ankles out of view. She was surrounded with shadows, the circled her wrists, legs and torso. She effortlessly drifted back to the land. She landed infront of Krista, who's face was twisted in concentration.

"Krista!" Magneto hissed. "What have you done?" Krista put herself between Wanda and Magneto. Forester had got up and stood behind Magneto. The tall man had done the same. Remy, Pyro and Lorna all stood with Wanda now. Only Krista stood on her own in the middle.

"This girl is not a murderer, Eric," she explained calmly. Her hands were at her sides, but shadows twisted through her fingers. "You know what happened. I understand it's hard for you to accept your son is gone, but you don't have to banish your daughters." He was about to interject, but she held up a shadow-infested hand to stop him. "Don't tell me you only banished Wanda, you knew if you got rid of her, she would take Lorna. Everything you've done is wrong.

Now, you're going to let everyone leave. Including me. I don't want to be apart of this anymore. The only reason I joined this stupid organisation is because I had no where else to go! But I can take care of myself now, I'm not the little kid you remember, Eric. Now open the doors, or I'll kill her before you do." Krista held her hand out towards Wanda.

Magneto thought this over and clearly decided she wasn't bluffing. He nodded and the metal doors at the end of the room slid open. Pyro realized that without him they never had a chance of leaving.

He nodded again and Wanda's metal shackles binding her hands dropped to the floor. They walked slowly over the bridge. Rogue and Lorna first, then Remy, then Pyro and Wanda. He reached out and took her hand. She squeezed it and kept walking.

Everything happened so fast then. First, a metal spear slammed through Krista's shoulder and she screamed out in pain. Remy pushed forward infront of Pyro and Wanda. He took out his cards and threw them in all kinds of directions. They pinned the tall man to the walls. They cut Forester's cheek and hand, but Magneto held up a steel sheet to protect himself. Krista was on the floor, pale and unmoving. Rogue slid through Pyro and Wanda and helped her up.

"You have... to leave me..." Krista said through rapid breaths. "I'm... a deadweight." Rogue shook her head.

"You left everything you had to help us, we aren't leaving you," Rogue told her. Krista managed a weak smile. Rogue turned to Pyro, Lorna and Wanda. "Run! Now!" They hesitated.

"Run, Pyro!" remy yelled. He couldn't hold off Magneto for long. They ran as fast as they could to the end of the bridge. Remy pinned Magneto to the wall, but the tall man had escaped and was approaching him. He turned and ran to the others. He caught up quickly and helped Rogue support Krista. They were almost at the door.

Then the tall man was behind them. He grabbed Wanda's hair but she was still clutching Pyro's hand and Pyro pulled her back.

"Take Lorna and get to the door!" Remy commanded to them. They ran as fast as they could and reached to door. Pyro turned to face Wanda and suddenly she was kissing him. Her lips were soft and she tasted faintly of fruit gums. They reluctantly separated.

"I love you, Pyro." He was speechless and he couldn't think of anything to say, so he said: "More than fruitgums?" She looked at him blankly and smiled at his utter stupidity. "Oh! I mean, I love you too, Wanda."

The man reared up out of no where. He was holding Wanda, but so was Pyro. "Run, Lorna!" Pyro told her. She was hesitant, but she did. The man took Wanda from Pyro gruffly and threw her over the edge just as Remy leapt onto him. Pyro grabbed Wanda's hands. She was dangling from the edge now, and Krista's eyes had fluttered shut.

Rogue came up, took off her glove and pressed it to the mans' cheek. His eyes closed and his veins suddenly became all too visible.

"Wanda, hold on!" Pyro called, but she was already slipping.

"I didn't kill him, Pyro," she told him. She barely whispered it, but he heard.

"I know."

"You have to let me go, Pyro."

"What?"

"Let me go."

"But-"

"Pyro." He stared into her eyes, her beautiful ocean blue eyes. "I love you," she said simply. No, not simply. All he had ever wanted to hear was those words, there was nothing simple about them.

"I love you too." She slipped from his grasp and fell down... down... down...

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