A Final Plea for a Heart
Back at the Joe base the final preparations for the rescue were underway. Everyone's mind was on the mission. Well, maybe not everyone.
"Kitty wait," Lance called out to her. He ran up. "I just need to talk to you! Listen to me!"
"Listen to what Lance?" She snapped. "How you didn't know what was going on? Bull! You didn't want to know! And because of your friends my friends have been kidnapped!"
"Hey Toad's my friend too!" Lance told her.
"Since when?" She snapped. "You let Magneto hurt him and abandoned him!"
"I didn't have a choice," Lance told her.
"There's always a choice Lance," She glared at him. "And you made it."
Lance felt his heart breaking in half under her cold eyes. "Every time I think you've changed you disappoint me," She told him. "It's always the same!"
"Kitty please," Lance begged. "Just give me one more chance."
"That's all I give you Lance!" Kitty snapped. "One more chance after another! I'm sorry! I just don't know if I can do that anymore!" She walked away.
"Kitty!" Lance pleaded.
"Can't say I blame her."
Lance looked and saw Althea glaring at him. "After all the things you did, do you really think she'll forgive you?"
"I don't know," Lance sighed. "I let Magneto control me, but not anymore."
"I'm only tolerating you right now because you can save my brother and Todd," She told him. "And you can help my father."
"I will," Lance said.
Althea looked at Lance. "If anything happens to any of them," She growled. "If this is some sick trick of Magneto's, I'll hunt you down and personally make you pay."
Lance just looked at her, understanding. She walked back to her sisters.
"All right people," Hawk called the Joes and the X-Men. "Gather around. It's time we did this thing!"
