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+To Live While Dying Inside +
Jack watched as Dianna took a bullet to the head. His world froze as the shooter turned the gun toward him and pulled before Jack had a chance to move. It hit him square in his shoulder. Blood began to pour soaking though his shirt. Jack fell to his knees as he heard Bobby screamed behind him, but his eyes never left Dianna's lifeless body, or the blood that now pooled around her.
The guy that had shot him made his way over and held the gun at his head, but when he heard the gun fire, he found that it wasn't the man's but his brother's. The guy fell with a loud thud as Jack finally registered the pain in his arm and that he in fact was now gasping for breath.
Jack saw two vans pull up and he knew trouble was coming. That one shooter wasn't the only one. Jack pulled himself up off the ground clutching at his chest as he tried taking cover, but it was too late. The men were already out of their vans firing and Jack felt several sharp pains on various places of his body as he collapsed. He heard Bobby's shotgun firing as he crawled to the pole begging to god he'd get out of here alive.
Jack screamed for his brother's help. He had never felt terror like the kind he was feeling right now. He didn't know why the shooters were no longer shooting at him, but he had a good feeling that it was because he must have already looked like he was doomed and that his brothers were very much still alive. Jack glanced back at Dianna's body and his screams for his brother rose even higher. Tears fell from his eyes and the cold wind was not helping in making them fall even less steady. The melting snow under his heated body soaked into his clothes and he could feel his body shutting down. He knew he didn't have long.
Jack heard the gunfire growing faint and even the shattering glass of his mother's windows seemed too distant. Jack rolled over onto his back staring up at the sky. If he didn't make it, at least he'd have Dianna. Jack didn't even feel like living without Dianna. He shouldn't have let her leave those many years ago. He should have stopped her, should have convinced her to stay. He should have made her stay. He should have asked her to marry him. He should have told her he loved her sooner.
Jack could hear the sound of two cars crashing together and the voices of his brothers. He heard footsteps near him before he saw Bobby's face come into view, but he wasn't looking at him first, he was screaming for John to check on Dianna. Jack could hear John's cries as he realized his sister was gone. Without a second thought Bobby turned back to Jack and Jack saw the huge tears welling up his brother's eyes as he lost control.
"Jack, Jack, look at me," Bobby yelled as Jack felt his eyes starting to close, "Jack you alright, hold on. WE NEED AN AMBULANCE."
"SOMEBODY HELP, CALL 911," Angel yelled as Jerry ran up to them, along with Sofi. John must have stayed by his sister. Jack felt a thick liquid welling up in his mouth just as he heard another gun go off, (Okay Bobby shot the guy in the car in the movie, but John was the one that did it in my story, so get used to it) "Jack, Jack, JACK," Bobby screamed as Jack felt the pain worsen, "Jack please, Come on, man."
"I'm calling, I'm calling," Sofi yelled in the background, but someone must have already made the call as Jack heard the sound of sirens not too far off.
"Come on, Jack, you gotta breath," Bobby begged as the tears fell steadily across his cheek. Jack hadn't even realized he wasn't breathing. He was too caught up in the pain and the noise around him. The blood in his mouth wasn't helping him either.
"We need an ambulance right now," Sofi yelled into her cell phone.
"Don't you die on me, you little fairy. Come on, Jack, please," Bobby kept begging as Jack felt his vision beginning to blur.
"You gotta fucking breathe. Come on," Bobby yelled right as an ambulance pulled up behind them and a pair of EMTs stepped out and raced over to help as they pushed the brothers aside, but they wouldn't move away far.
"Move away," the EMT yelled as Jack was hoisted onto a gurney right as a couple of cop cars pulled up. Jack felt himself slipping away as they put him into the ambulance, and before he knew it everything went black.
Jack stood in a field of clouds and light. He felt like a feather as air kept him afloat, and the breeze whipped against his skin. His eyes gazed around at the odd place taking everything in. People stood not too far away from him in various spots looking just as confused as him.
Jack squinted and could have sworn in the distance he saw Dianna, but when he tried to move he was frozen to place. He was stuck. Jack felt a warm light on his skin as he turned to look above him. The sky above him opened and out extended the brightest of any light he had ever seen. Jack watched as golden ghostly figures descended down to them. One to each person they fell. Jack watched as a woman took her place in front of Dianna and smiled. Dianna smiled back, but it was sad, more like she was not ready for whatever was to come. The woman whispered words to her that Jack could not hear, and then with a touch of the woman's hand Dianna vanished from the plain.
Jack screamed out to her, but was cut off by a voice that he knew all too well. Jack turned and found Evelyn standing before him in all her glory. His mouth fell, but no words escaped.
"No words for this, is there," Evelyn smiled at him. Jack shook his head closing his mouth, but it was not long before it opened again, "Where is Dianna?" Evelyn smiled and answered, "She is fine, and safe."
"Where are we," Jack asked and then another questioned burned his mind as he continued, "Are we in…heaven?"
"No, Jack, this is not heaven, it is the place in between. A place where you are judge, and sent to wherever you need to be, and it's a place where we decide whether you should go back," Evelyn answered as another woman stood behind her now with a smile lighting the aura around her. Jack instantly recognized the woman as Dianna's mother.
"Am I going to…" Jack began to ask as Kayla chuckled.
"Just like my daughter when she was first here," Kayla said looking over at Evelyn, who turned and smiled at her. Both of them finally shook their heads at him.
"I'm going to the other place aren't I," Jack frowned. They both shook their head again before smiling, "No, you are going home." With a touch of Evelyn's hand to his cheek he was thrown into darkness, before his eyes shot open.
"HE'S ALIVE," a doctor shouted looking down at him, "you're very lucky son." Jack felt his eyes close once more. When he finally did awake he was in a hospital room and his brothers were standing before him as he groaned in pain. Jack tried to sit up, but Angel held him down.
"Whoa, whoa, little brother, you just took a bunch of bullets. You best not move," Bobby warned him with a sad smile. A smile that was too sad for Jack's liking.
"Where's Dianna," Jack croaked as he noticed everyone in the room which included, Jerry, Angel, Bobby, Sarah, Camille, Sofi, and two people he didn't recognize, look between each other. One of the people he didn't know stepped forward with her round-pregnant stomach, making her wobble ever so slightly.
"I'm sorry…Dianna…she…she didn't make it," the girl cried as everyone's heads fell. Jack felt his world crash and burn in only one second. He had lost her, or at least that's what he thought.
Dianna's POV
Dianna was lost in the darkness the moment her mother had sent her back to it. Her mother, had told her she wasn't ready to leave this world, that she still had unfinished business. Dianna hadn't questioned her as her mother touched her cheek. Dianna had immediately been thrown into the darkness afterwards.
Dianna, though she might be stuck in the darkness, felt that she wasn't alone. A presence lingered with her, and had attached itself almost immediately right after her spirit had left the living world. It held anger, pleasure, and nothing more. It called to her, begged her to let it take control. Told her it would help her live to see Jack again, and she believed it. She reached out into the darkness and the thing took her hand. Dianna felt her eyes shoot open, but no light was seen. She was still surrounded by the darkness, and she felt cold, very, very cold. She felt metal beneath her and a thin white sheet covering her. Dianna used her hands to pull the sheet away and look around her. A sliver of light illuminated the place she was in. She felt her heart beginning to race as she saw the metal walls. She felt the panic in her rise as she began pushing at the end of the metal box. She banged her hands against the ceiling screaming at the top of her lungs.
"HELP ME, SOMEONE HELP," Dianna cried as the panic took hold. Somehow, and she didn't know how, the end of the metal box flew open, and pulled her along with it. As the light hit her eyes she blinked looking around her at the empty room. She looked beside her and screamed at the metal slab that held the shooter that had shot her. He was pale, and lifeless. He had a tag stuck to his toe, which no doubt held his name on it.
Dianna felt something on her foot and as she looked down her heart stopped. She was in that metal box for a reason. She had been dead!
Dianna pulled the sheet closer to her naked form as the door opened and a man in his late 20's walked in listening to his IPOD as he read over a file. When he looked up he froze, and then fainted. Dianna didn't blame him, she felt like doing the same right now. Swallowing the lump in her throat she took another look around the room. It was cold in here, way to cold, but she felt warm, even if she didn't know how.
"Greg, what's wrong," a girl in her early 20's screamed running to the door, but she froze as well when she took in the scene. Instead of fainting, Dianna had to cover her ears from the woman's screaming.
Bobby's POV
Bobby watched as Dianna's father pulled up in front of the hospital and parked. Bobby Drake stepped out and Bobby's fist tightened in his jacket, but right now wasn't the time to tear after him, right now it was time to break the news.
John stood beside Bobby with the saddest expression on his face. Bobby was surprised the kid had tagged along, after just losing his sister, but then again, from what Dianna had told Bobby, John had seen many deaths, and had become numb to it all. He didn't look so numb to it, but he seemed a lot more in control than what Bobby thought he could be.
Bobby saw a blue furry man step out of the car with Logan. Bobby knew who he was, but he never thought he'd ever meet the guy, beast, guy…oh forget it. The trio made their way over to Bobby and John with solemn faces. When Drake stepped forward toward John, John's frown grew.
"Where is she, what happened," Drake asked frantically, as John shook his head and looked away.
"Where's Dianna," Hank McCoy asked Bobby.
"She's gone. There were some shooters and she got shot…she's gone, man," Bobby spoke as he put out his cigarette.
"I knew it! She should have never come home. I knew she wouldn't leave everything alone, and let the police handle it. I should have known better to leave her in your hands," Drake growled as he glared at Bobby.
"I think it was good she came home. At least she didn't have to deal with you abusing her for the last days of her life," Bobby shot at him as his anger grew.
"What," Drake asked, but the fear was already in his eyes.
"You heard me, she told us everything. I saw the fucking bruises. I had to watch her cry when she told Jackie about how you treated her, and you know what that did. It just brought her closer to Jack. You lost her before you even had her," Bobby yelled pointedly at Drake as Logan turned on him.
"You beat my daughter," Logan growled as his fists clenched. Bobby watched in amazement as the same claws that Dianna had came from his fists. Like father, like daughter. The way he watched Drake's every movement was like a lion stalking his prey. Like a lion protecting his cub from the one who had tried to cause her harm.
"I have no clue what he's talking about," Bobby threw at him with a dirty look, but it was too late. Logan had seen the fear in his eyes, and smelled it on him.
"Logan, not now, we'll deal with this later," Hank reasoned as Logan growled. With his eyes still trained on Drake his claws retracted and he followed Bobby and John into the hospital as they led them down to the place where they were keeping Dianna's body.
When they met up with the doctor he led them even further as he warned the group, "Now I gotta warn you. Not everyone can handle seeing their family members in this state, so if you feel it becomes too much, just let us know. This way please." As the man opened the door he frowned as he noticed his two college's standing together whispering.
"Number 19's family is here," he told them and they turned and frowned at him.
"Sir, there's a slight problem," a girl mumbled.
"Problem, how can there be a problem. You're just dealing with dead bodies," the man groaned looking between the two imbeciles he had to call colleges.
"Um, well you see sir, the body…the girl… she's kind of…"
"Thanks for the clothes," came a voice from the doorway to the bathroom. Bobby watched as a fully alive, Dianna made her way out of the bathroom wearing a pair of scrubs. Bobby felt his heart stop and his blood run cold. He was glad he wasn't the fainting type.
"I thought you were…"
"Dead," Dianna chuckled looking over at the group of men, "I was, but I decided to come back because I knew you guys couldn't do anything without me. Is there a problem with that?" The doctors looked between each other as Logan just smiled and walked passed the others as he took his daughter into his arms.
"But how," John stuttered.
"It's not like I haven't came back from the dead before," Dianna mumbled against her father's jacket.
"Yeah John, Logan's done it before, remember my house, the cops, and the fire. Your sister is a mutant get used to it," Bobby smiled looking at John, before walking past him and over to Dianna. Dianna pulled away reluctantly and hugged Bobby. She flinched when she felt his hand pull her tighter. He felt, smelled, and moved different than Jack. She felt nothing when she touched him, at least not anymore. Anything she had felt for this boy, she didn't feel anymore.
"Would you mind if I take a look at her, just to be on the safe side. I mean since you honestly have no clue how to take care of a mutant's needs," Hank McCoy asked the main doctor who just shook his head still ever so slightly shocked to see a dead body up and moving around, or at least what had been a dead body this morning. Dianna was then led away from the mortuary and too an actual hospital room as Hank checked her over. It was later concluded that when she had been shot in the head and the reaction had started a chain reaction that in turn, turned her healing abilities back on. It was like the shock had shocked her abilities into working again. Dianna disagreed, though. Her ability to hear thoughts were not back, but she did however feel slightly different. It's like she could feel everything around her in the room, but without touching it. Her body temperature also felt off the charts with the heat coursing through her veins. Hank said that might just be a side effect.
"This is amazing," Hank smiled looking her over one last time.
"Tell me about it. It's like I was just dead, and now I'm alive again," Dianna smiled as she stood up from her bed, "Where's Jack?"
"Um, he's fine. He got caught in the crossfire, but he's fine," Bobby answered for her from beside the door.
"Yeah, but where is he," Dianna asked with a slight frown.
"Room 202," John said as Bobby smacked him in the head. Dianna shot off the bed and began making her way out of the room and toward Jack's room before her brothers, or the others could stop her.
"Dianna, wait! They don't know that you're…" but before Bobby could conclude that sentence Dianna was already walking into his room. Jack was fast asleep, but the people in the room weren't. When they heard someone enter the room they all looked up and gasped. To them it was like a ghost had just appeared.
"How are you…" Sofi began before turning to Angel who was staring wide eyed at her.
"My powers turned back on when the bullet entered my brain. It was like a chain reaction. Ask McCoy, he'll tell you," Dianna said waving them off as she made her way over to Jack's bed. The others slowly entered the room as Dianna walked up to Jack's right side. She leaned down and kissed his forehead lightly just as Drake made it into the room. When he caught sight of the scene playing before everyone his blood began to boil and a stern glare was centered in Dianna's direction.
"Jack, I'm here sweetie," Dianna whispered into his ear. Jack groaned before opening his eyes slowly. He looked around the room at first wondering where he was and then he remembered. He had been in a shooting, and Dianna…Dianna was dead. He turned to look at the person who had awoken him and his eyes widen in shock. There standing above him in all her glory was Dianna; her emerald green eyes penetrating his beautiful blues and her long golden halo framing her face just perfectly. She was such a beautiful angel.
"Please tell me, you're coming to take me to heaven," Jack begged, but when Dianna frowned and reached out to touch him, only then did he realize this was no hallucination, and that Dianna was in fact alive, and standing before him.
"How are you…"
"My healing abilities turned back on. The bullet hit an area in my brain that had been shut off since the last time I…died," Dianna whispered as her eyes watered. She was so happy to know that he was alright, and that the dream she had that night, was untrue. She was so happy to know that neither of their names would be on a tombstone any time soon.
"I missed you," Jack smiled cheekily as he let his hand reach up and caress her face.
"I missed you too," Dianna frowned as she leaned down and kissed him on the cheek. Jack frowned when he realized why she had kissed his cheek and not his lips. His eyes traveled over the room and found Drake standing in the doorway glaring at him evilly. Logan stood beside him along with some big blue furry guy.
"Can we get a hug now? I thought I lost one of my best friends," the pregnant girl cried out from the other side of his bed. Jack smiled turning to look at her. Dianna turned and smiled as well as she pulled away from Jack and walked over to his other side taking Kitty into her arms. Sarah jumped up and hugged both of them not caring that she had no clue who the other girl was.
"No more giving you information, if this is where you're going to end up," Warren chuckled standing behind his wife with his coat on, covering his wings.
"Don't worry, I'll keep asking," Dianna chuckled as he shook his head while rolling his eyes. After some heartfelt hellos, and some I'm-glad-your-alives, everyone settled down and took their seats in the room. Most of the people left though. The only ones that now sat in Jack's hospital room were Jeremiah, Angel, Bobby, Jack, Dianna, John, and Drake. Logan and Hank had gone to go get a beer at a local bar to celebrate the fact Dianna was perfectly safe. Kitty and Warren had left because Kitty's feet and back were beginning to hurt her a little too much. Sofi had gone to take Sarah home so she could pick her daughter up from the babysitters, and overall the nurse had begun to get tired of the large number of visitors.
"So what happened? Who sent the shooters," Dianna asked from the chair next to Jack's bed.
"Sweet," John growled.
"How do you know," Dianna asked as her eyes narrowed.
"I know because I shot the dude who sent him, after getting his confession," John answered, and then added, "I should have charred his ass alive though." Dianna shook her head before turning to look over at Bobby, "Anything else happen while I was out."
"Yeah, Green had some words to contribute. Apparently Ma knew about what was going on with Jerry's business. It was never Jerry here who was crooked, it was sweet. Anyway Ma went to talk to Fowler about it; however it never got filed away. Fowler's been a dirty cop all along. He's been working with Sweet this whole time," Bobby answered for her as Dianna felt her anger rise.
"That's not all Di. Green went to have a talk with Fowler after the incident at the house. Green's dead Di," Angel told her solemnly. Dianna stood up and went to the window as she looked out at the city. She listened to the sirens, and the sound of the cars honking below them. She felt the anger burning inside of her, felt the hatred consuming her.
"Fowler killed him, didn't he," Dianna bit out.
"No one thinks so, but even an idiot could tell he did. Cops are saying he got shot by two gangsters, but anyone with a mind knows Fowler did it," Jerry answered for her. Dianna felt the heat travel to her hands as they began to glow an ember red. No one even noticed. Everyone thought it was just a trick of the light.
"What are we going to do about it," Dianna asked looking over at them.
"Right now…nothing," Angel answered for her, "Right now, you two need to recuperate. You two just got shot to pieces, and almost died. You're still in shock."
"I've been in worse," Dianna growled looking over at him.
"Oh really, name one worse than getting your brains blown out of your head," Bobby yelled at her from beside Angel. Dianna took a deep breath and let herself calm down; well, at least for a moment until her fiancé spoke up.
"Dianna, I think it's best you come home. I think it's time to face the fact this problem is even too big for even you to handle," Bobby said walking over, letting his hand slide around her arm. She felt it tighten, and the circulation being cut off. He was trying to force her to listen.
"I'll do what, I damn well please Bobby. Back off," Dianna said turning to glare at him.
"What you damn well please, almost got you killed," Bobby said as his voice rose.
"I'm still standing aren't I," Dianna countered staring directly into his icy blue eyes.
"If you stay here, there's a chance you won't be standing for long. Coming home, you'll be safe, away from harm," Bobby said trying to convince her, but Dianna felt the anger build up inside of her.
"Safe," Dianna chuckled, "You call safe, getting attacked every day by you, safe." Bobby glared at her as his voice lowered to a deadly level, "We're not talking about that here."
"Why not, is it because you're too afraid to admit you're a coward," Dianna asked as she started edging closer to him.
"How about let's start with you messing around behind my back with that," Bobby yelled pointing over at Jack whose eyes narrowed to slits over at him.
"That has a name. He's not a thing Bobby, he's a person. His name's Jack and he's a hell of a lot more man than you'll ever be," Dianna yelled as Angel stood up to try to pull the couple apart, but it was too late.
"I'm you're god damn fiancé and while my back was turned you were here being a damn slut with that thing over there," Drake yelled as before the sound of skin hitting skin was heard. Dianna body about did a 360. Dianna held her face as she nursed it.
The moment the echo stopped Drake found himself up against the wall as Bobby laid it into him. No one was messing with his sister, and he meant no one. However Drake suddenly turned into ice as he landed a punch into the side of Bobby's face. Angel, and Jerry both stood up to rush to Bobby's side, but John already felt it coming. He didn't know how Dianna did it, or how she had came by it, but Bobby was suddenly thrown out of the room and into the closet wall. He seemed to hover there as if an unseen force was holding him.
"I'm not a slut, I'm not your fiancé anymore, and I dare you to lay another hand or me or my family, because I promise you it will be your last," Dianna seethed as Drake let his defenses down and he turned back to his human form. Dianna let whatever power she had over him go, and he crumpled to the ground right as a woman walked into the room.
"Good going, didn't think you had it in you, Dianna," the girl smiled at her before turning to glare at her ex.
"Thanks Rogue," Dianna smiled over at her as John's head swung around to look at his old schoolmate. She looked just as beautiful as she had so many years ago.
"Bobby, get your ass out of this town and go home. When I feel like coming home, I will, but until then, the wedding's off," Dianna screamed at him as Drake stood up, fixing himself before he gave Jack one last glare, and then made his way toward the closet elevator.
"Okay, now what the hell was that," Dianna asked looking at her hands. As far as she knew, she couldn't control him when he was in his ice form how come she could now.
"Sudden epiphany, I guess," Rogue chuckled walking over to her as she took her into a hug.
"I heard what happened from Kitty. How are you doing," Rogue asked looking her over.
"I'm good, Rogue," Dianna smiled at her, "Hey do you remember my brother, John." John knew exactly what his sister was doing and sent her a glare. He remembered mentioning to her several times about how he felt toward Rogue and now she was using that against him.
"How could I not remember the troublemaker," Rogue chuckled walking over to hug him too.
"Hey, I'm a world class citizen now….well sort off," John smirked as he took her into a really tight hug. Dianna pretended not to notice when she saw John literally inhaled her pumpkin spice like perfume.
"I'm sure you are. Just keep thinking that and I'm sure your head will get too big for your shoulders to support," Rouge giggled, as the people around her burst into laughter. John reddened, but all the same smiled as he took her insult.
"Hey Bobby you okay," Dianna asked walking over to her brother now as she checked him over for any cuts and bruises.
"Yeah, I'm good. I've been waiting to lay into that kid since the first moment I met him," Bobby smirked as Dianna pulled away and looked back at Rogue.
"Oh Rogue, by the way this is my family," Dianna smiled gesturing toward the others standing near the window.
"This idiot here is Bobby, the doppelganger of Logan," Dianna giggled as Rogue looked him over before nodding and replying, "Yeah, he'd pass for him. Just give him the same hairstyle as Logan and I'm sure no one would be able to tell the difference." John chuckled as did everyone else in the room while Dianna continued down the line of her brothers.
"This is Jeremiah," Dianna said pointing to Jerry as he held out his hand; however Rogue merely looked at it before just nodding at him.
"Sorry, I would shake it, but my mutation's been sparking up again," Rogue frowned looking over toward John who immediately went serious as he listened intently to Rogue.
"That's okay, I understand," Jerry smiled at her as she moved on down the line to Angel.
"Didn't I see you at the clinic where they were giving out the cure," she asked Angel with a tiny smile.
"Yeah they had me there controlling the crowds," Angel divulged.
"I thought so," she said as she then turned to look at the one person who hadn't been introduced to her. When she did her eyes widen as an all-knowing smirk appeared upon her lips.
"Jack Mercer, lead singer of the Spares. So explain to me how you and Dianna know each other again," Rogue said walking over to him as she shook his hand.
"Well I would say we knew each other ever since she revealed an embarrassing secret about me when we first met. However, I think she'd prefer to say we met over dinner and ice cream," Jack grinned as Dianna walked over to him as he outstretched his arm and pulled her to him.
"I'd prefer the second option, too," Rogue giggled before suddenly someone threw open the door to their room.
"Jack, are you okay," a girl's voice rang out before some red head threw herself upon Jack which in turn made him lose his grip on Dianna who stumbled back from the sudden lose of his arm around her waist. All the men in the room were on red alert as Dianna's hand twitched slightly in the direction of the closets watery object, which was currently Angel's very HOT coffee. However, Dianna managed to get herself under control as she stood there with a complacent expression.
"I'm fine Jennifer. What are you doing here," Jack questioned as the skinny little bitch pulled away from him. Dianna was really putting all of her effort into not killing her at that very moment. She didn't know what had gotten into her. It was like one moment she was perfectly fine, but the moment there was a threat it was like her rage was all she could see and feel.
"I came into town last night. I was coming to see you when my car gave out, so I stayed at a hotel nearby. Then I saw on the news about what happened, and hitched a ride down here to the hospital. Oh you poor baby are you okay," Jennifer frowned scanning him over with her electric blue eyes.
"I'm perfectly fine," Jack said before groaning when he went to sit up.
"See this is what happens when you hang out with your brothers. I knew I should have had James and Tyler tie you to your bed back in Los Angelus," Jennifer giggled as did Jack.
"Yeah, well they knew that if they did you'd be taking full advantage of that situation," Jack replied as Dianna cleared her throat making everyone turn to look at her now.
"Oh sorry, I'm Jennifer. I'm Jack's…well for now I'm his wife," and that's where the shit hit the fan as everyone's shocked looks sent Dianna into a full out grimace.
"I know who you are," Dianna spit out a little too angrily making Jennifer raise a brow before something suddenly dawned on her, "I'm going to presume your Dianna Mercer. His ex, or was it sister. I don't really know sometimes what to call you." Dianna clearly saw that snooty little look on her face, and would have been fully happy to punch it right off of her.
"Yes I am, and I'm going to presume you're the one he's getting a divorce from," Dianna threw at her as she edged closer to the petite woman.
"As of now yes. However there was a reason I came here to visit Jack, and as of the moment I would appreciate some time alone with him please," she said with a smug look as she looked around the room at everyone. The brothers took that as their cue to pull the Rogue and John out of there, especially Dianna who was about ready to blow. Thinking it best to get her away from Jack and Jennifer, Bobby and the others took her back home so they could asses the damage to their mother's home. John however took a ride home with Rogue to 'catch up,' on each others lives.
Parking beside Dianna's car they all exited as they took everything in. Dianna's mustang was definitely no longer in 'Perfect Condition.' It looked like someone had literally taken a wrecking ball to it maybe once or twice.
"Great Orora is going to murder me," Dianna groaned as they walked up to the house.
"Well at least I know you guys let them have it," Dianna said as they walked over the threshold without any trouble. The door was blown to pieces as well as the walls and windows. The place would probably need some serious remodeling before it was back to the way it used to be. Bobby kicked the second door the rest of the way in as they entered into the living room. Everything looked untouched so it was safe to say the neighbors weren't that bad at keeping an eye out for them.
However not everything was in perfect condition as Dianna looked at broken vases or figurines lying on the floor, as well as pieces of glass from the picture frames. Dianna watched as Bobby walked up to her and Jack's school pictures on the wall and quietly trace his hand over what glass was left. Jerry and Angel took a seat on what was left of the furniture in the living room.
Dianna stood near Bobby as she placed her hand on his shoulder, but as soon as she did she had to pull it back as he suddenly punched the wall in anger. Bobby hissed from the pain as he turned away from the pictures and went to take a seat at one of the dinning table's chairs. Dianna took his hand from him as she looked over it to make sure he hadn't done any serious damage.
Finding the wounds on his knuckles she immediately began to seek out the medic kit. Finding it under the broken record player she came back over to Bobby as she pulled a seat up next to him and began to nurse his hand. Bobby's eyes never left her as she worked on his hand. No words were said between any of them, only just heavy frowns.
When Dianna was done she looked up at Bobby before he placed his hand on her cheek and smiled a sad smile. It was like he was taking a permanent picture of her with his eyes. Bobby then leaned forward and placed a butterfly kiss on her forehead. Dianna felt the tears long before they fell from the corner of his eyes. Pulling away he turned to look at the pictures on the wall again, while Dianna closed her eyes and leaned back in her seat. Combing back her hair she opened her eyes to look at her brothers with a worn gaze. Dianna caught Bobby looking up at one of Ma's photos and without thinking she blurted out sadly, "I miss her too."
"We won't be able to bring her back, but we're gonna send her some company," Angel said finally speaking up from beside Jerry.
"You can't go to war with Victor Sweet. Not straight up. He'll just hire more and more goons until we are all dead," Jerry replied not even looking at Angel.
"You guys might not, doesn't mean I can't," Dianna commented without think. Bobby scoffed before looking at her angrily, "You about got yourself killed Dianna, and it was by a gun not a mutant. Just because you think your strong enough doesn't mean you are. Whose to say that he don't have a mutant on his side, or if he'll hire one the moment he finds out he didn't get rid of you. He saw the one thing that was strong enough to protect us from almost anything he could have thrown at us and he went after it."
Without a word Dianna quieted herself knowing this was not the time to be speaking the nonsense she had just put out. Her brother was right. Who's to say Sweet wouldn't hire a mutant to fend off her attacks as well.
"I don't know….I don't know what to do anymore," Bobby said as his true emotions began to show. For as long as Dianna knew Bobby she had never once seen him cry until now. The only times she had heard of Bobby crying was when she had about lost her life to Paten. Bobby was not usually the one to break down first. "I already came close too losing you and Jack. You guys are all I got." Dianna stood up and walked over to Bobby as she motioned for Bobby to back up so she could sit in his lap. She then wrapped her arms around him as she nuzzled her head into the crook of her brother's neck. He stayed silent for a few moments before Jerry spoke up.
"I got an idea," he replied standing up as he came over to Bobby and Di.
"What," Bobby asked raising his head up to look at him.
"We'll take the rest of the money from Mom's insurance, pay Sweet to call off the dogs. He'll deal. He's a businessman," Jerry reasoned shakily.
"It doesn't count as a plan if it takes you longer to say it than it does to think it up," Bobby expressed sharply.
"Yeah, Jerry. Sweet will meet up with you, take your money. Wont be able to find your body till the river thaws," Angel cautioned him calmly.
"If you can get that far," Dianna mumbled angrily into Bobby's shirt as he continued to hold her close to him.
"It's better than nothing," Jerry threw at her unhappily. Dianna's anger rose as she pulled away from her brother.
"So what? You're going to go over to him and politely ask that he get off your back, and then hand over the money Jer. Hell, he'll shoot you without fuckin' blinking," Dianna yelled as she stood up and stomped out of the room.
"Where you going Di," Bobby called at to her.
"To fix this shit because you all sure as hell can't," Dianna called back angrily as they heard what was left of the door slam. Bobby heard Dianna's mustang start up before it screeched of in the distance. The car might have been totaled, but Dianna still knew how to make it work. Without another thought Bobby pulled out his cell and called Logan.
Okay give me a break I haven't written in a long while and I know. I've just had a bunch of things going on in my life lately that had sort of prevented me from writing, besides it's not like I have an overflow of reviews for this story like my others. I'm not saying I don't have any reviews at all, because I do have some, and I know people are reading this story from the stats. To those people I do thank you because you guys are the ones that gave me that push to continue writing, however I would like some improvement though. So unless I get over four reviews from this chapter then I won't write another one until I get those four reviews. So those of you who have friends that read this then you better start kissing up to them to review. LOL
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