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This is Part 3 of "QuickSilver and the Pheonix" Enjoy! :)
Pietro Maximoff was furiously trying to get his foot uncaught from the small hole in in the ground, but his large boot, which was designed to protect his feet from his super speed, was now becoming a real problem. A serious problem. With Pietro's fast eyes, he could see the tree coming at him at a much slower pace then normal. Fast as his fingers could fly, he tried to get the boot off. He tried to yank his foot out. He tried ANYTHING, but to no avail.
"Oh....dammit." Pietro felt a rush of air as the tree came down at him. He braced himself for the impact, which was probably gonna break his back if it didn't kill him. This caused him to have one last thought before the tree struck.......being stuck in a wheelchair? Never able to run again? Paralayzed? Oh gawd......he truly hoped God would be merciful and just let him die.
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WHAM. The tree fell, and caused a large enough tremor to cause Lance to finally fall, and break out of his trance. He was so delirious, however, that he didn't bother to get up. Until he heard the high-pitched scream from Amy.
"PIETRO??"
Lance forced himself to get up as Amy flew past him, towards where the tree had fallen. Todd was hopping behind her. He watched them. What was going on? 'Oh.....man......' Lance looked around after brushing himself off. The entire school yard was nothing but mountains of heaved up dirt and rocks. Trees were lying everywhere. There wasn't anymore race track, just piles of rubble. And Scott and Jean were both knocked unconscious a small distance off. Lance sighed, knowing this had been his doing. The last thing he remembered was that he was ready to fight Scott, and that when he had started to use his powers a strange sensation came over him. Then he just blacked out. And now his head was beginning to throb.
But well, there were more important things to worry about now. What where was Pietro? He took off in Amy's direction.
"Oh my gawd.....Pietro?!" Amy was by the tree, trying to lift it which she knew was a useless maneuver on her part. Todd tried to help her of course, but he could do no more then she could. There was no sign of Pietro. The tree was so large that....he could be.....
'No no no.....I mustn't think that.....he's fine....he's fine!!' Amy thought, her face growing more worried by the second.
Just then Lance arrived, swaying and cradling his head, which was now pounding so hard he could barely see anything. "Ungh....where is.....Pietro.....?" he asked with a lot of effort. Amy and Todd looked at him, pointing to the tree. Lance nodded, but his mind was still clouded with pain. "I'll.......uhnn......move it....." Lance attempted to cause a tremor to move the tree aside, but when he did his head only responded with more excruciating pain then ever. Lance groaned and fell back, now knocked out.
"Lance?!" Amy went to him, but he was out cold. Todd hopped around the tree nervously. "We gotta move this thing, yo! Where's Fred??" If anyone could move this tree, Fred Dukes could. He was the Blob, after all.
"I'll look for him, Todd!" Amy grew her wings once more and took off. Todd stayed behind, to do what he could, which was at the moment pretty much nothing but "stand guard". The amphibian-like mutant had a serious look of worry on his face. He got down to all fours. "Hey Pietro? You under there? Can you hear me?" 'Oh yeah, that's brilliant, Tolansky. He's probably flat as road pizza and here you are askin' if he can hear ya...' Todd leaned against the tree, and unbelievably, started to cry. Pietro was his friend.....even if they didn't quite get along the greatest....still a friend...and now he was gone....
"Man!! Look at this is! This is horrible!" Came a very familiar, whining voice. Todd blinked the tears away from his eyes and looked to his left.
There was Pietro.
With a torn outfit.
*sigh* "I guess I'm gonna have to make a new one! And oh geez! Look at my leg! It's all scratched up!" Pietro's leg was bleeding lightly from the scratches, but the boy looked no worse then if he had fallen off a bike.
"Pietro!" Todd grinned widely and grabbed the poor white-haired boy in a major hug. This caused Pietro to grimace. "Ewwwwww! Watch it, slime-boy! You're gonna get me all sticky and gross....and I already took two showers today!"
"Whatever, yo! You're ok! How the heck did you not get squashed by that tree?" Todd asked him, not even caring about the insult.
Pietro smirked, with his classic proud smile. "How? I am the man, Tolansky. Don't think that little dilemma even had me worried one bit. I just came up with the clever idea to dig around the hole and make it larger, and viola....I got away." He lowered his voice, sounding more cocky then usual.
Todd blinked at him. "And you did all this in.....less then 3 seconds?"
"Yes! Am I good, or am I good?" He grinned and chuckled as he sat down on the tree.
"Yeah, man! And thank God you're okay!" Todd didn't even care if Pietro, even after a near-death experience, still insisted on being his usual vain self. He was just so glad he was alive.
At that moment, Amy came back with a lumbering Fred behind her. "Don't worry Pietro, I'll get you out of there!"
"Wait, yo! He's fine, he's right......." But there was no stopping Fred on a mission. He came running right up to the tree, lifted it, and threw it about 10 feet away. With Pietro still sitting on it.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"
Todd grimaced as he heard a loud "THUD" in the distance, and few pitiful yelps by Pietro.
"Aw man...." Todd could only shake his head.
Amy went white, realizing what happened. She stood there frozen, just blinking.
Fred looked at the impression in the ground where the tree had been, seeing no Pietro. It took him a minute or two, but he finally understood what had happened himself.
"Whoops."
"Hey, Fred, YOU are gonna go get 'em. I ain't facin' the wrath of Pietro! Noooooooooo way, yo!" With that Todd hopped away, far away.
Amy breaking out of her trance, finally ran off into the woods to tend to Pietro. Fred was about to follow, when he felt someone grabbing his ankle. He looked down, and saw Lance, with a painful expression on his face. "Hey Fred?"
"Yeah Lance?"
"Could you get off my leg, please??"
Fred grinned sheepishly. "Uhhh yeah.....sorry!"
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"Owwwww......someone call am ambulance." Pietro got up, now in pain from a very sore, very bruised touch.
"Petey! Are you ok?? Oh I am so glad to see you are ok!! You're not squished! Oh, I was so worried! I mean, it was horrible! That tree was coming down, and you couldn't get your foot free, and, well, I thought, I thought---" Amy was cut off as Pietro put a hand over her mouth.
"Chill out, will you? I'm fine! Glad you care though. Uhm, this is embarrassing to ask, but, you got an icepack?" Pietro took a few steps forward, cringing from the pain of his aching derrière. (( Writer's note- I hope I spelled that right ^^))
Amy only giggled at him and hugged him tightly. "Good to know you're still your old self."
He grinned, hugging her back. His expression turned very mischievous. "Ohhh! Ow! But I'm still in such pain...." He feigned not being able to stand up and began to sink slowly to the ground.
"Oh no! You are??" Amy tried to hold him up, and Pietro clung to her more tightly.
"Yeah......think I......bruised a few ribs! Oh! The pain!" He clutched his chest.
"Pietro.....maybe we should get you to a hospital?" Amy, who was not really that strong, at least not in normal form, was trying very hard to hold Pietro up, since he was acting like his legs were butter and putting his full weight on her.
"I can't got the hospital, you know that. Unless we visit Baldy's infirmary......but no thank you, I'd rather suffer. But, I think I know what would help."
"Yeah, what? Anything! I'll go get anything you need." Amy helped move him over to a large tree that he could lean against.
"Well....." He grinned slyly at her. "I've always heard a woman's touch could do wonders."
Amy blinked for a moment, then put her hands on her hips. "Oh yeah, huh?"
":Yeah! Especially right here...." Pietro pointed to his lips.
'Heh....is he for real?' But Amy smiled at him. "Be careful what you ask for, Quickster."
Pietro raised an eyebrow at her. "Oooooooo, is that a challenge?"
(( Writer's note- I know, it's old, but I HAD to. ^_^))
Whatever composure Amy had, she now lost it, and giggled at him. How could she not? Maybe Pietro wasn't the most romantic guy, but in his own way he was quite irresistible.
She went over to him and slipped her arms around his waist. "Oh it's a challenge all right.....to see how long you can remain standing after I'm through with you..." She said quietly, slowly leaning towards him. They were just about to kiss when....
"Hey! No hanky-panky on school property."
Both turned to see Lance, who was looking better. Fred was behind him with a really goofy grin on his face.
Pietro glanced at them from the corner of his eye, looking very peeved. Having his special moments interrupted did not make him a happy little Speedster. "Great to see YOU, Lance. The one who nearly killed me, his best friend in all existence."
Lance put up his hands in defense. "Hey, hey, I can't control that. Sorry, man, I really am! Sure glad to know you're all right."
Maximoff only shrugged and then looked at Fred, just as annoyed. "And YOU! If I didn't have such quick reflexes, I would be quite injured by now. Thank you, Mr. Hero."
Amy could only laugh, while Fred just gave him an ashamed look.
"Awww, but they meant well, Pete. C'mon guys, let's go home." Amy started to walk towards the hangout, and as she passed Lance she elbowed him, who just said "What??"
"Hey by the way, where's Todd?" Lance asked as the group trekked down the familiar dirt path that was a shortcut to their place.
The others just shrugged.
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Somewhere deep in the woods, Todd sat in a pond, surrounded by frogs who seemed to like his company.....they were hopping all over him.
"Well, at least I'm safer with these Brothers."
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--End of Part 3-
part 4 shall be up shortly. :) Thanks for reading and please review!
~Ami~
This is Part 3 of "QuickSilver and the Pheonix" Enjoy! :)
Pietro Maximoff was furiously trying to get his foot uncaught from the small hole in in the ground, but his large boot, which was designed to protect his feet from his super speed, was now becoming a real problem. A serious problem. With Pietro's fast eyes, he could see the tree coming at him at a much slower pace then normal. Fast as his fingers could fly, he tried to get the boot off. He tried to yank his foot out. He tried ANYTHING, but to no avail.
"Oh....dammit." Pietro felt a rush of air as the tree came down at him. He braced himself for the impact, which was probably gonna break his back if it didn't kill him. This caused him to have one last thought before the tree struck.......being stuck in a wheelchair? Never able to run again? Paralayzed? Oh gawd......he truly hoped God would be merciful and just let him die.
~*~
WHAM. The tree fell, and caused a large enough tremor to cause Lance to finally fall, and break out of his trance. He was so delirious, however, that he didn't bother to get up. Until he heard the high-pitched scream from Amy.
"PIETRO??"
Lance forced himself to get up as Amy flew past him, towards where the tree had fallen. Todd was hopping behind her. He watched them. What was going on? 'Oh.....man......' Lance looked around after brushing himself off. The entire school yard was nothing but mountains of heaved up dirt and rocks. Trees were lying everywhere. There wasn't anymore race track, just piles of rubble. And Scott and Jean were both knocked unconscious a small distance off. Lance sighed, knowing this had been his doing. The last thing he remembered was that he was ready to fight Scott, and that when he had started to use his powers a strange sensation came over him. Then he just blacked out. And now his head was beginning to throb.
But well, there were more important things to worry about now. What where was Pietro? He took off in Amy's direction.
"Oh my gawd.....Pietro?!" Amy was by the tree, trying to lift it which she knew was a useless maneuver on her part. Todd tried to help her of course, but he could do no more then she could. There was no sign of Pietro. The tree was so large that....he could be.....
'No no no.....I mustn't think that.....he's fine....he's fine!!' Amy thought, her face growing more worried by the second.
Just then Lance arrived, swaying and cradling his head, which was now pounding so hard he could barely see anything. "Ungh....where is.....Pietro.....?" he asked with a lot of effort. Amy and Todd looked at him, pointing to the tree. Lance nodded, but his mind was still clouded with pain. "I'll.......uhnn......move it....." Lance attempted to cause a tremor to move the tree aside, but when he did his head only responded with more excruciating pain then ever. Lance groaned and fell back, now knocked out.
"Lance?!" Amy went to him, but he was out cold. Todd hopped around the tree nervously. "We gotta move this thing, yo! Where's Fred??" If anyone could move this tree, Fred Dukes could. He was the Blob, after all.
"I'll look for him, Todd!" Amy grew her wings once more and took off. Todd stayed behind, to do what he could, which was at the moment pretty much nothing but "stand guard". The amphibian-like mutant had a serious look of worry on his face. He got down to all fours. "Hey Pietro? You under there? Can you hear me?" 'Oh yeah, that's brilliant, Tolansky. He's probably flat as road pizza and here you are askin' if he can hear ya...' Todd leaned against the tree, and unbelievably, started to cry. Pietro was his friend.....even if they didn't quite get along the greatest....still a friend...and now he was gone....
"Man!! Look at this is! This is horrible!" Came a very familiar, whining voice. Todd blinked the tears away from his eyes and looked to his left.
There was Pietro.
With a torn outfit.
*sigh* "I guess I'm gonna have to make a new one! And oh geez! Look at my leg! It's all scratched up!" Pietro's leg was bleeding lightly from the scratches, but the boy looked no worse then if he had fallen off a bike.
"Pietro!" Todd grinned widely and grabbed the poor white-haired boy in a major hug. This caused Pietro to grimace. "Ewwwwww! Watch it, slime-boy! You're gonna get me all sticky and gross....and I already took two showers today!"
"Whatever, yo! You're ok! How the heck did you not get squashed by that tree?" Todd asked him, not even caring about the insult.
Pietro smirked, with his classic proud smile. "How? I am the man, Tolansky. Don't think that little dilemma even had me worried one bit. I just came up with the clever idea to dig around the hole and make it larger, and viola....I got away." He lowered his voice, sounding more cocky then usual.
Todd blinked at him. "And you did all this in.....less then 3 seconds?"
"Yes! Am I good, or am I good?" He grinned and chuckled as he sat down on the tree.
"Yeah, man! And thank God you're okay!" Todd didn't even care if Pietro, even after a near-death experience, still insisted on being his usual vain self. He was just so glad he was alive.
At that moment, Amy came back with a lumbering Fred behind her. "Don't worry Pietro, I'll get you out of there!"
"Wait, yo! He's fine, he's right......." But there was no stopping Fred on a mission. He came running right up to the tree, lifted it, and threw it about 10 feet away. With Pietro still sitting on it.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"
Todd grimaced as he heard a loud "THUD" in the distance, and few pitiful yelps by Pietro.
"Aw man...." Todd could only shake his head.
Amy went white, realizing what happened. She stood there frozen, just blinking.
Fred looked at the impression in the ground where the tree had been, seeing no Pietro. It took him a minute or two, but he finally understood what had happened himself.
"Whoops."
"Hey, Fred, YOU are gonna go get 'em. I ain't facin' the wrath of Pietro! Noooooooooo way, yo!" With that Todd hopped away, far away.
Amy breaking out of her trance, finally ran off into the woods to tend to Pietro. Fred was about to follow, when he felt someone grabbing his ankle. He looked down, and saw Lance, with a painful expression on his face. "Hey Fred?"
"Yeah Lance?"
"Could you get off my leg, please??"
Fred grinned sheepishly. "Uhhh yeah.....sorry!"
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"Owwwww......someone call am ambulance." Pietro got up, now in pain from a very sore, very bruised touch.
"Petey! Are you ok?? Oh I am so glad to see you are ok!! You're not squished! Oh, I was so worried! I mean, it was horrible! That tree was coming down, and you couldn't get your foot free, and, well, I thought, I thought---" Amy was cut off as Pietro put a hand over her mouth.
"Chill out, will you? I'm fine! Glad you care though. Uhm, this is embarrassing to ask, but, you got an icepack?" Pietro took a few steps forward, cringing from the pain of his aching derrière. (( Writer's note- I hope I spelled that right ^^))
Amy only giggled at him and hugged him tightly. "Good to know you're still your old self."
He grinned, hugging her back. His expression turned very mischievous. "Ohhh! Ow! But I'm still in such pain...." He feigned not being able to stand up and began to sink slowly to the ground.
"Oh no! You are??" Amy tried to hold him up, and Pietro clung to her more tightly.
"Yeah......think I......bruised a few ribs! Oh! The pain!" He clutched his chest.
"Pietro.....maybe we should get you to a hospital?" Amy, who was not really that strong, at least not in normal form, was trying very hard to hold Pietro up, since he was acting like his legs were butter and putting his full weight on her.
"I can't got the hospital, you know that. Unless we visit Baldy's infirmary......but no thank you, I'd rather suffer. But, I think I know what would help."
"Yeah, what? Anything! I'll go get anything you need." Amy helped move him over to a large tree that he could lean against.
"Well....." He grinned slyly at her. "I've always heard a woman's touch could do wonders."
Amy blinked for a moment, then put her hands on her hips. "Oh yeah, huh?"
":Yeah! Especially right here...." Pietro pointed to his lips.
'Heh....is he for real?' But Amy smiled at him. "Be careful what you ask for, Quickster."
Pietro raised an eyebrow at her. "Oooooooo, is that a challenge?"
(( Writer's note- I know, it's old, but I HAD to. ^_^))
Whatever composure Amy had, she now lost it, and giggled at him. How could she not? Maybe Pietro wasn't the most romantic guy, but in his own way he was quite irresistible.
She went over to him and slipped her arms around his waist. "Oh it's a challenge all right.....to see how long you can remain standing after I'm through with you..." She said quietly, slowly leaning towards him. They were just about to kiss when....
"Hey! No hanky-panky on school property."
Both turned to see Lance, who was looking better. Fred was behind him with a really goofy grin on his face.
Pietro glanced at them from the corner of his eye, looking very peeved. Having his special moments interrupted did not make him a happy little Speedster. "Great to see YOU, Lance. The one who nearly killed me, his best friend in all existence."
Lance put up his hands in defense. "Hey, hey, I can't control that. Sorry, man, I really am! Sure glad to know you're all right."
Maximoff only shrugged and then looked at Fred, just as annoyed. "And YOU! If I didn't have such quick reflexes, I would be quite injured by now. Thank you, Mr. Hero."
Amy could only laugh, while Fred just gave him an ashamed look.
"Awww, but they meant well, Pete. C'mon guys, let's go home." Amy started to walk towards the hangout, and as she passed Lance she elbowed him, who just said "What??"
"Hey by the way, where's Todd?" Lance asked as the group trekked down the familiar dirt path that was a shortcut to their place.
The others just shrugged.
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Somewhere deep in the woods, Todd sat in a pond, surrounded by frogs who seemed to like his company.....they were hopping all over him.
"Well, at least I'm safer with these Brothers."
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--End of Part 3-
part 4 shall be up shortly. :) Thanks for reading and please review!
~Ami~
