Chapter Four
An Attack from Home
* * *
As if Kurt and Pietro didn't like each other already, add Evan to the mix and you'd have a full out brawl. Xavier and Jean had to intervene to ensure no one would get hurt. Even still, Pietro was allowed to stay at the institute.
That night, Pietro and Amera lay under a tree near the cliff's edge over looking the ocean, gazing up at the stars. There was no moon that night, and the sky was full of sparkling diamonds. Pietro held Amera in his arms as they stared into the sky. He felt like he was in heaven. He looked down at Amera leaning on his chest as she spoke. "It's beautiful out here tonight."
Pietro stroked her hair with one hand as he held her hand with the other. "Yes it is."
Amera laughed. "You're not looking at the sky, are you?"
Pietro looked up. "Sure I am. I was talking about…. Look at that!" He pointed at a slowly moving shooting star. "Make a wish."
An hour later, Amera was asleep in Pietro's arms and he still stared at the shooting star. As he watched it, it began to pick up speed, and it seemed close enough to touch the institute, but if it were, it would be in the atmosphere, not in space… It seemed as though it went into one of the second story bedrooms, but Pietro couldn't tell. I t could have been a hallucination, so he decided that's what it was. He fell asleep instants later. A few minutes later, Logan came and woke the sleeping speed demon. "We ain't leavin' ya to throw a wild party in the forest, Speedy. You two get in the house." He left then, and Pietro woke Amera and they walked hand in hand to the back door.
Pietro paused outside the door. "Pietro? What's wrong?" Amera asked, concerned about him. She shivered in the chilly New York breeze. "Did you see something?"
Pietro snapped back around. "Uh, no, just a, uh, another shooting star. Just making a wish."
Amera hugged him. "What did you wish for?"
Pietro gazed into the emerald eyes of his wish. He kissed her, then carried her up to her bedroom.
* * *
Pietro awoke at around 3:00 the next morning and realized he had fallen asleep next to Amera in her bed. (Stop thinking those dirty thoughts, now.) He quickly got up and ran out of the room, but not before kissing Amera on the forehead. He ran to his room, and unexpectedly, Kurt was there with an angry look on his face. "Kurt, what are you…"
"Pietro!" Kurt growled. He didn't sound the same, and it was as if another voice was talking through him. Kurt held his hand out toward Pietro and he flew backwards into a hall table, knocking over a vase sitting on it.
"What did you do? You can't do that!" Pietro yelled, seeing Kurt making things move. He watched as the table, a houseplant, and a statuette floated up into the air. Scott, Bobby, and Ray all came out of their rooms and saw what was going on.
"Kurt! What are you doing?!" Scott scolded. He lifted his sunglasses and the normal red beam flashed from his eyes. The blast was blocked by the statuette, sending it careening into a wall, smashing it to smithereens. Kurt then fell to the ground unconscious. Scott automatically turned to Pietro. "What was that about, Maximoff?"
"I didn't do anything, Summers!" Pietro said, getting up in his face.
"Scott…" Bobby said, looking at the things that had been levitating seconds earlier.
Ray lifted Kurt's unconscious form. "Don't you think it was weird that he could make things levitate?"
Scott hadn't even realized this. "Pietro, do you have anything to do with this?"
"Why the hell would I start a fight in the hallway at 3:00 in the morning!?" Pietro said, then slammed the door to his room.
* * *
Kurt awoke at 10:25 am not knowing why he was in the infirmary. "Vhat am I doing here?" He glanced over to see Amera sitting in a chair, glaring at him.
"Kurt, what happened?"
"Vhat?"
"You attacked Pietro early this morning. What's going on?" She didn't look at him now, but stared at the floor. "Why, Kurt?"
"I don't know vhat you are talking about."
"I want to believe that Kurt, with all my heart I do. You're my best friend, but you… I don't know. I don't see why you would hurt him other than jealousy, which is typical for a teenage boy, but…"
"Amera, vhy do you think I vould hurt anyone?"
Amera looked up at him and gazed into his sparkling golden eyes. "I don't know." She then stood and headed to the door. "If you need me, I'll be training outside with the others."
Outside, the new recruits were all gathered to be given different assignments, kind of like a scavenger hunt of things they had to accomplish. Amera's job was to locate, take, and bring back to base an old silver locket, as well as keep a pair of earrings safe. Bobby's assignment, however, was to protect the locket to whatever extent. Each recruit had to find something, and had to protect another, without knowing who had what. After briefing, they were set to go.
Bobby quickly ran off after Roberto's watch, but not before Amera noticed a silver shimmer from around his neck. She began to follow him, but was tackled to the ground by a red furred dog. The dog morphed into a girl with red hair pulled into pigtails. "Earrings please?" Rahne said, reaching to unlatch one from Amera's ear.
Amera in turn liquefied and slid from Rahne's grasp. "You wish," she replied, then ran between the trees after Bobby. Before long, she saw Bobby at the edge of the cliff, taking the watch from Roberto, and he still had the locket. Roberto then ran off after Danel when he saw her with his treasure, leaving Amera to take the locket. "Now, Bobby, I'll take what's mine." Bobby snickered in response.
"In your dreams, 'Blue,'" he said, taunting her by swinging the locket back and forth on it's chain. "Do you know what happens to water when it's in freezing temperatures?"
Amera stopped in place. "What did you say?"
Bobby said nothing as he one-handedly froze Amera in her position like an ice sculpture. "Water turns to ice!" he said, just before running back to base.
* * *
"Vhere's Amera?" Kurt asked as the recruits began filing in from training.
Jubilee answered. "I don't know, we were all outside, but I don't know where she is now."
Kurt groaned and approached Pietro. "Do you know where Amera is?"
Pietro's eyes widened. "What do you mean?"
"I mean she's not here, and no one knows vhere she is!"
Pietro ran back outside, not caring he was still in his uniform. "Amera!" he called as he ran to the edge of the forest. "Amera!"
Kurt ported to Pietro. "Ve have to find her."
Pietro said nothing as he sped off into the forest. Kurt sighed and glanced at the sun, which was now setting. He bamfed to search for Amera.
Inside, Danel was searching for her sister as well. "Rahne, do you know where Amera is?"
"She was out training with us, but I couldn't find her." Rahne looked at the television in the Rec Room as the music video for "Too Bad" from Nickelback came on. "She was chasing after Bobby though."
Danel thanked Rahne then ran up to the room Bobby and Sam shared. They both were sprawled on their beds with stacks upon stacks of Spider Man comics. "Bobby Drake!
An Attack from Home
* * *
As if Kurt and Pietro didn't like each other already, add Evan to the mix and you'd have a full out brawl. Xavier and Jean had to intervene to ensure no one would get hurt. Even still, Pietro was allowed to stay at the institute.
That night, Pietro and Amera lay under a tree near the cliff's edge over looking the ocean, gazing up at the stars. There was no moon that night, and the sky was full of sparkling diamonds. Pietro held Amera in his arms as they stared into the sky. He felt like he was in heaven. He looked down at Amera leaning on his chest as she spoke. "It's beautiful out here tonight."
Pietro stroked her hair with one hand as he held her hand with the other. "Yes it is."
Amera laughed. "You're not looking at the sky, are you?"
Pietro looked up. "Sure I am. I was talking about…. Look at that!" He pointed at a slowly moving shooting star. "Make a wish."
An hour later, Amera was asleep in Pietro's arms and he still stared at the shooting star. As he watched it, it began to pick up speed, and it seemed close enough to touch the institute, but if it were, it would be in the atmosphere, not in space… It seemed as though it went into one of the second story bedrooms, but Pietro couldn't tell. I t could have been a hallucination, so he decided that's what it was. He fell asleep instants later. A few minutes later, Logan came and woke the sleeping speed demon. "We ain't leavin' ya to throw a wild party in the forest, Speedy. You two get in the house." He left then, and Pietro woke Amera and they walked hand in hand to the back door.
Pietro paused outside the door. "Pietro? What's wrong?" Amera asked, concerned about him. She shivered in the chilly New York breeze. "Did you see something?"
Pietro snapped back around. "Uh, no, just a, uh, another shooting star. Just making a wish."
Amera hugged him. "What did you wish for?"
Pietro gazed into the emerald eyes of his wish. He kissed her, then carried her up to her bedroom.
* * *
Pietro awoke at around 3:00 the next morning and realized he had fallen asleep next to Amera in her bed. (Stop thinking those dirty thoughts, now.) He quickly got up and ran out of the room, but not before kissing Amera on the forehead. He ran to his room, and unexpectedly, Kurt was there with an angry look on his face. "Kurt, what are you…"
"Pietro!" Kurt growled. He didn't sound the same, and it was as if another voice was talking through him. Kurt held his hand out toward Pietro and he flew backwards into a hall table, knocking over a vase sitting on it.
"What did you do? You can't do that!" Pietro yelled, seeing Kurt making things move. He watched as the table, a houseplant, and a statuette floated up into the air. Scott, Bobby, and Ray all came out of their rooms and saw what was going on.
"Kurt! What are you doing?!" Scott scolded. He lifted his sunglasses and the normal red beam flashed from his eyes. The blast was blocked by the statuette, sending it careening into a wall, smashing it to smithereens. Kurt then fell to the ground unconscious. Scott automatically turned to Pietro. "What was that about, Maximoff?"
"I didn't do anything, Summers!" Pietro said, getting up in his face.
"Scott…" Bobby said, looking at the things that had been levitating seconds earlier.
Ray lifted Kurt's unconscious form. "Don't you think it was weird that he could make things levitate?"
Scott hadn't even realized this. "Pietro, do you have anything to do with this?"
"Why the hell would I start a fight in the hallway at 3:00 in the morning!?" Pietro said, then slammed the door to his room.
* * *
Kurt awoke at 10:25 am not knowing why he was in the infirmary. "Vhat am I doing here?" He glanced over to see Amera sitting in a chair, glaring at him.
"Kurt, what happened?"
"Vhat?"
"You attacked Pietro early this morning. What's going on?" She didn't look at him now, but stared at the floor. "Why, Kurt?"
"I don't know vhat you are talking about."
"I want to believe that Kurt, with all my heart I do. You're my best friend, but you… I don't know. I don't see why you would hurt him other than jealousy, which is typical for a teenage boy, but…"
"Amera, vhy do you think I vould hurt anyone?"
Amera looked up at him and gazed into his sparkling golden eyes. "I don't know." She then stood and headed to the door. "If you need me, I'll be training outside with the others."
Outside, the new recruits were all gathered to be given different assignments, kind of like a scavenger hunt of things they had to accomplish. Amera's job was to locate, take, and bring back to base an old silver locket, as well as keep a pair of earrings safe. Bobby's assignment, however, was to protect the locket to whatever extent. Each recruit had to find something, and had to protect another, without knowing who had what. After briefing, they were set to go.
Bobby quickly ran off after Roberto's watch, but not before Amera noticed a silver shimmer from around his neck. She began to follow him, but was tackled to the ground by a red furred dog. The dog morphed into a girl with red hair pulled into pigtails. "Earrings please?" Rahne said, reaching to unlatch one from Amera's ear.
Amera in turn liquefied and slid from Rahne's grasp. "You wish," she replied, then ran between the trees after Bobby. Before long, she saw Bobby at the edge of the cliff, taking the watch from Roberto, and he still had the locket. Roberto then ran off after Danel when he saw her with his treasure, leaving Amera to take the locket. "Now, Bobby, I'll take what's mine." Bobby snickered in response.
"In your dreams, 'Blue,'" he said, taunting her by swinging the locket back and forth on it's chain. "Do you know what happens to water when it's in freezing temperatures?"
Amera stopped in place. "What did you say?"
Bobby said nothing as he one-handedly froze Amera in her position like an ice sculpture. "Water turns to ice!" he said, just before running back to base.
* * *
"Vhere's Amera?" Kurt asked as the recruits began filing in from training.
Jubilee answered. "I don't know, we were all outside, but I don't know where she is now."
Kurt groaned and approached Pietro. "Do you know where Amera is?"
Pietro's eyes widened. "What do you mean?"
"I mean she's not here, and no one knows vhere she is!"
Pietro ran back outside, not caring he was still in his uniform. "Amera!" he called as he ran to the edge of the forest. "Amera!"
Kurt ported to Pietro. "Ve have to find her."
Pietro said nothing as he sped off into the forest. Kurt sighed and glanced at the sun, which was now setting. He bamfed to search for Amera.
Inside, Danel was searching for her sister as well. "Rahne, do you know where Amera is?"
"She was out training with us, but I couldn't find her." Rahne looked at the television in the Rec Room as the music video for "Too Bad" from Nickelback came on. "She was chasing after Bobby though."
Danel thanked Rahne then ran up to the room Bobby and Sam shared. They both were sprawled on their beds with stacks upon stacks of Spider Man comics. "Bobby Drake!