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Bruder Nicht Mehr
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Chapter Two- One Step Closer to Nothing
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Lance stared at the woman incredusly. "What? What do you mean?" He could feel the gazes of his friends on his back. He knew very well what the woman meant. He just couldn't believe it was happening. "You need to come with us. Now. If you don't, we will bring you by force." She said.
He turned around and quickly mouthed for them not to use their powers, no matter what. All three nodded. Lance turned back to the harsh woman and sighed, resigned. "All right. Fine."
Lance, Pietro, Todd, and Fred followed the woman out to the patrol cars that were sitting in the yard. Lance and Fred in one, Pietro and Todd in the other. Lance climbed in the car reluctantly; a glance backwards showed two policemen going into their house. As they drove away, one question repeated itself in his mind.
How did they find out?
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Pietro glanced worriedly over at Todd for the tenth time. The younger boy was sitting hunched over, hugging himself tightly, and staring at the floor. Pietro could tell that Todd was completely out of it, totally freaking. Not that he wasn't as well. He could just hide it better.
Pietro was terrified.
When he joined the Brotherhood after living in all those foster homes, Pietro had, for the first time, felt like he belonged somewhere. Like there were people who cared if he came home at night. Cared if he was okay. Lance, Freddy, and Todd weren't just his teammates, they were his family. And now, there was a very good chance that he would lose the security and contentment that he had begun to take for granted.
That he would lose his brothers.
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Charles Xavier broke off the small link he'd established with the Brotherhood from afar and glanced toward Logan and Storm, sighing. "I'm beginning to question the morality of doing this to them."
Logan snorted. "Chuck, you did the right thing. The Brotherhood is now permanently out of commission. " Charles sighed again. "Yes, but I can't help feeling that we should have tried to recruit them, instead of committing them."
Storm placed a comforting hand on Charles shoulder. "Professor, you know as well as I do that those boys would never join us. We have tried to recruit them in the past; look what happened. You made the right call." Charles shook his head sadly. "I hope so."
"I really hope so."
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