A/N: Okay I have had a total brain freeze, can anyone remember the name of that third new recruit from the meeting, you know the one that claps her hands and a sonic blast thing happens, she can also become like invisible? If anyone remembers please tell me, I would appreciate it a lot.

Chapter Twenty-One

Shade leaned against the concrete building surveying the ocean of protesters before her. Pyro was standing at the barricade. He seemed to hesitate.

Magneto, Callisto, Spike, Juggernaut and that other mutant had gone to go get Jean Grey. Pyro and Shade had both been very shocked to learn this especially because she was dead. Or at least they thought she had been. Turned out they were wrong.

Pyro was looking to his far left. Shade looked but didn't see anything. Pyro started to wade through the crowd.

"Pyro? Err; you have got to be kidding me." Shade followed, parallel to his path but outside the wave of protesters. Pyro stopped in front of someone and was talking to him.

It took Shade a moment to place him but then she realized that that was Bobby Drake, from the school, 'Iceman'. Pyro looked like he was laughing at the guy.

Shade surveyed the surrounding area. "Come on, we don't have time for this." Shade waded through the protesters. She reached Pyro and Bobby. Bobby glanced at her and then back again when he recognized her.

She wrapped her arms around Pyro's shoulders and kissed him on the cheek. It was a cheap shot, especially because Bobby couldn't touch his girlfriend but Shade did it anyway enjoy every minute of it.

Shade saw Pyro open his fist. She continued to stare at Bobby her chin resting on Pyro's shoulder. He didn't have time to fight, that wasn't what they were there for. Bobby backed off.

Pyro looked slightly disappointed. Shade let go of his shoulders. He pointed his hand at the Cure clinic and it soon burst into flame. He turned and ran Shade ran along side him.

Once they were a good distance away from the explosion site. Shade turned to face Pyro.

She shoved his shoulder, "What the hell was that?"

He stared at her and gave her a half smile, "What?"

"You know what! What if he had fought? That would have been it, our cover blown with out taking the clinic down." She put her hands on her hips.

Pyro rolled his eyes and crossed his arms, "I was only trying to have a good time, and you seemed to be having one."

"Yeah well next time do it on your own time!" Shade turned and walked out of the alley way and towards the car.

"Hey, wait a minute." Pyro grabbed Shade's arm and pulled her around to face him. "What's with you?"

Shade stared at him. "I dunno, I have been off lately, I think it is being in the sun so much."

Pyro nodded still looking at her. Being in the sun was taking it's toll on Shade, since they were now staying in a camp site but that wasn't what was bothering her. They were actually going to war and people were going to die. Shade thought she had accepted the idea but it seemed to be bothering her more then she originally intended.

She knew people were going to die, she never once thought they weren't but it seemed that when it came down to it they weren't actually killing people who hated mutants, but killing them and anyone who got in the way.

Shade had never expected to find her self killing other mutants, but here she was. Another thing that was bothering her was Pyro, he seemed slightly changed, not towards her but to everyone else. He was getting deeper and deeper into this pit of hate and he seemed to except it.

He put his arm around Shade's shoulders as they walked to the car, "I'll drive back," He said Shade looked at his face as they walked on. Things were moving fast and it felt like she couldn't get a stable footing and that scared her but she knew she would have Pyro to catch her if she fell.