Intentions

AN: To avoid any confusion, they weren't knocked out by a whack to the head, cause we all know that would have zero, zippo, zilch effect on Rogue. Nope, they were knocked out by a physic blasts. :D

Disclaimer: I own X-Men!! HAHAHA!! :men in suits with plastic guns and big needles glare at me: Um, I mean MARVEL owns X-Men!! I swear!!

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Chapter 26: (London bridge is falling down)

a flat in NYC

Remy was familiar with this part of New York, it was near the place he and Wanda had lived two years ago. The Professor had told them what he thought they needed to know. What the Professor hadn't known, was that it was a trap.

They'd barely even stepped into the abandoned warehouse when they were knocked unconscious. Remy had opened his eyes to find himself in chains, staring out the window at the sun setting over the New York City sky-scape. Rogue was also in chains, chains held in place by none other than Magneto.

"Is she ready yet?" Magneto asked another man.

"Yes." the man answered. He straightened. He'd been hunched over what Remy could now see was Wanda. Wanda's eyes flicked open.

"Daddy?" she whispered. "Where's Daddy?"

"I'm here." Magneto said.

Wanda beamed. "Did I faint?"

"Yes, you fell and hit you head. I've had the doctor take a look at you."

"Thank you Daddy, I can always count on you."

'What did dey do te Petite?' Remy thought, appalled by his adopted sisters attitude.

"Who're they?" She asked and pointed at Rogue and Remy.

"Oh, they're the bad people. The ones who want to hurt me."

Wanda laughed. "Like they could." She turned to them. "You really shouldn't even try to hurt my father, your just asking for disappointment."

"You've done better than I thought Mastermind." Magneto said to the man. The man just nodded.

"What'd ya do tah her?" Rogue demanded.

"Nothing." Magneto said with a smile. A flash of orange caught Remy's eye. It was John, he'd been there the whole time, the look on his face said it clear enough. He was watching Wanda. She was glaring at Remy and Rogue.

Mansion

Lexa smelled metal. Pietro's father was here, which meant it was time to find Kitty. Lexa hoped she would listen.

"Lexa." It was Logan's voice. The jet was behind him on the basketball court, Scott and Jean were just boarding. "Your back."

"I need to find Kitty." Lexa said. He'd forgiven her, she could feel it.

"Why?" Logan asked.

"Because it's a trap." Lexa said. "Wanda is already taken, in need to speak with Kitty."

"A trap?"

"I can't explain now, I just need Kitty."

"Alright." Logan said. He turned back to the jet. He got on, a few seconds later he came back with Kitty.

"Lexa." she said, her happiness to see Lexa shone through.

"Kitty, we need to get to New York City, to the Morlock tunnels." Lex bent her tongue around the strange words.

"Why?" Kitty asked.

"Magneto has Wanda." Lexa said.

"In the Morlock tunnels?" Kitty asked.

"No, but we need Pete, and a girl named Ally." Lexa explained. She projected her thoughts, yelled them in her head as loudly as she could. 'I hear you Lexa, no need to shout.' the Professor said. 'I need you to believe me. It's a trap. Pietro said we had to let Wanda get to Magneto, then we could get her. He said Magneto mustn't know until the last second. If he knew before he could alter the plan.' Lexa told Xavier.

'Kitty.' 'Yes Professor.' 'Listen to Lexa, take the jet to New York, then go to the Morlock tunnels, you remember where they are.' 'Ok Professor.' "Come on Lexa, we have to catch the jet." Kitty took Lexa's hand and pulled her to the jet.

Both Lexa and Logan were airsick by the time they got to New York.

"It's a distraction, let us go." Scott said.

"No, the plan can't be altered. Mystique could let Magneto know to easily. Go fight them, it's a real threat, even if it is a distraction." Kitty reasoned. Scott was forced to accept it.

Kitty and Lexa set off at a run. The quickest entrance to the tunnels was a few blocks away. They jumped from roof to roof. Kitty phased them down through the floors when they reached a street. The experience made Lexa a little sick but she shook it off. They ran down the streets, the natives didn't glance at them New Yorkers, they've seen everything, what was two girls running down the street.

They found the entrance and dropped down, right onto Piotr. He'd only just gotten there himself.

"Katya." He said. "Why are you here?"

"To find you actually." Kitty smiled.

"Me?"

"Yup."

"Pietro said you'd probably be the most receptive, and besides we need Ally." Lexa explained.

"Why do you need me?" a little girl showed herself in the darkness.

"We're friends of Remy's." Kitty said. "Maybe he's mentioned me, I can walk through walls."

"Your Chaton." the little girl sounded excited. She beamed.

"Yeah, though that's what Remy calls me, my name's Kitty. This is Lexa nd Piotr. We need you to help us find Remy. He's lost."

"I can only help if he's in the dark." Ally said.

"He should be." Lexa said. "We need to go topside."

"Why do we need to find Remy?" Piotr asked.

"Magneto's kidnaped him, along with Rogue and Wanda, didn't he tell you. You're a distraction." Kitty said.

"No, he never told me." Piotr said. Remy was his friend, he wouldn't leave him to Magneto. "I'll come with you."

"You will." Kitty asked. Piotr looked down at the girl. She was adorable, he'd danced with her at the club so long ago. He wanted to paint her. He already had several sketches of her, but they were all from memory.

"I will Katya." He answered. She smiled. That's how it was, her smile, he could never get it right in his sketches.

"Good, then lets go." Lexa said. "You coming Ally?"

"I want to find Remy." Ally said. "I'll just tell Spring where I am so she doesn't worry. Spring likes to worry." Ally said. She stood still for a moment. "Ok." she smiled. "Let's find Remy."

"It's a big city, and Magneto never told Pietro where they'd be." Lexa explained. "That's why we need your help Ally. Can you find him." They were on the street. The sun was nearly completely set.

"The whole city is dark." Ally said. Her form was shadowy, it's outlines undefined, she was part of the darkness, not an intruder in it. She closed her eyes and disappeared. "He's this way." She said coming back in the same spot. She began to run. They followed. She led them down the streets of Manhattan.

Finally she stopped in front of a building. "He's up high, forty three floors. He's in the one that the sunlight takes up the whole window." Ally said.

"Thanks Ally, you've helped us so much." Kitty said. "We can take it from here."

"But I want to find Remy."

"You did find Remy, we'll have him stop by when we get him back." Kitty said. Ally nodded and faded back into the darkness.

The flat

"Will you do this for me Wanda, will you alter the universe? Eradicating humans and leaving mutants untouched?" Magneto asked his daughter. She was under Mastermind's illusions. No doubt she thought she loved her father, she'd already shown that she didn't know who Remy and Rogue were.

"I'll try Daddy, I've never tried anything so hard before." Wanda said. She smiled brightly at him. It made Pietro's stomach churn.

Pietro knew in his gut that she was coming, he always knew. He felt her right outside the door. He ran, the fastest he could and slammed his fist into Mastermind's head. For such a powerful mutant, a mutant who had hidden so well from his father. He was surprisingly easy to take down.

For a moment it was silent. "Pietro, what did you do?" Magneto asked. A split second later the door burst open, falling off it's hinges. Piotr, Kitty, and Lexa piled in.

"I'm stopping you Father." Pietro said. Pietro knew he wouldn't be able to get Remy and Rogue down, but maybe Piotr could. His father was never without back up. They began coming in, five of them at least. Pietro took no notice of who they were, he was focused on his father.

Piotr wasn't able to get to them right away, only with Kitty's help was he able. "Y' come te rescue Remy?" Remy said with a smirk.

"Yup." Kitty answered. Kitty went to help Rogue, but she was already free. "How'd?"

"I wanted to come." The voice came from the small amount of shadow that was in the room. It was Ally.

John watched from the corner. Magneto went to far, asking Wanda to do this. It would kill her. Even if it didn't, she would still be filled with the guilt. The rest of the room was absorbed in fights.

"Why are you going against me?" Magneto asked his son.

"I was against you the day you put Wanda in that asylum." Pietro said and attacked him, Lexa at his side. Remy, Rogue, Piotr, Kitty, and some little girl he didn't know fought the guards in the room. John turned to Wanda. She was standing on the balcony, face to the setting sun.

"Wanda." John called. He stood behind her. She turned. Her hands were glowing blue, her eyes were beginning to take on a glow as well.

"Who're you?" She asked. It hurt, even though he knew her mind was all messed up thanks to Mastermind.

"I'm John Sheila." He said. He stood in front of her, the shining into just one eye. He took her hands. They were solid, but not, shapeless, like they could be anything and nothing. "You can stop now."

"But I'm not done."

"You have to stop now." John said again.

"But, Daddy asked me too." Wanda protested.

"You hate your father Sheila." John said, moving his hands to cup her face.

"No." she said.

"You do."

"No." she sounded less certain this time. His thumb moved circles on her cheek. "No, I don't. I also don't know who you are." Her eyes were glowing blue now. "Why are you touching me?"

"Wanda." He smiled bittersweet. Later he wouldn't know where the idea came from, but the moment it entered his head he knew it was right. She didn't remember him, maybe she would remember, could remember his touch. John placed his mouth on hers. It was a chance, and he would take it. Maybe, just maybe, it would save the world, but what mattered more was that he could feel her lips one more time.

The illusion shattered, Wanda's eyes and hands stopped glowing. Her knees gave out. The one part of her that knew it was fake, that everything was wrong, took hold of her. It was too much, memories, real and fake, pounded at her brain. Each demanding to be seen, relived. Wanda gasped. Blackness came over her.