"OW!" yelled the person who'd caught me, and he dropped me.
"Oof!" I had ignited again in his hands. Looking up at him from the ground, I recognized him immediately. He was one of the people I'd seen in the gym! He was tall and thin, with white hair and blue eyes, and there was a bit of a sneer on his face.
The other me laughed. I started getting really creepy out. That was my face, my body, and my laugh. Only now, coming from Ms Darkholme, it sounded evil. Then she turned into her tall, blue self.
I stood up and glared the white-haired boy and concentrated. A jet of flames shot straight at him, but he dodged it so fast that I didn't even see him!
"Not bad, Princess, but you've got to be faster than that to hit Quicksilver!" Okay. This guy was toast! I did it again, and again, but he kept dodging it.
"C'mon, Red, just admit it. I'm too fast for ya."
"What did you say?" I was seeing red.literally!
"You heard me. I'm too fast. You're too slow!" That was not something I was used to hearing. I was very fast! I just wasn't super fast like he was.
Then he started taunting me by running circles around me. I grinned. He may have been fast, but he sure wasn't all that bright! I stuck my leg out and tripped him and he fell flat on his face. "OW! Hey!" I laughed at him, but only until Ms Darkholme grabbed my wrists from behind and twisted both arms behind my back. I tried to burn her, but it didn't work. I wasn't one hundred percent sure how to do it yet.
"Quit clowning around, Pietro! And you quit squirming! All you have to do is cooperate and you'll be fine."
"Cooperate?" I put on a blank look, "What does that mean?"
She was about to answer when a few of the people from the gym, lead by the same flying guy in the helmet and cape, entered the clearing. I could feel my skin starting to get hot again and I heard a few grunts of determination from Ms Darkholme as she tried to hold on.
"It's all right, Mystique. You can let go," he said. She let go and sighed with relief, looking at her scorched hands. I was about to run, but apparently the caped man had other plans. Metal bars flew straight at me from three directions and pinned me up against a tree.
"Calm down, for Pete's sake. You're going on like a mouse caught in a trap!"
"Gee, I wonder why," I retorted.
"My goodness, you're a wiry one, aren't you? Hold still! All this struggling is only wasting your energy!"
I stopped moving and concentrated for a short moment, and then quickly opened my eyes so that he wouldn't realize what I had done.
"What do you people want from me?" I demanded. I had given up on trying to muscle my way out.
"From you?" said the man with a familiar laugh, "We don't want anything from you. What we want is to give you answers. Answers that we know you want."
"Well I don't want answers! Last time I got answers that I thought I wanted, well, we won't go there but I don't want answers! Who are you anyway?"
"I thought you didn't want answers," said Ms Darkholme.
"Excuse me, but I don't remember inviting you into this conversation," I snapped. Hey, I was having a bad day!
The man suddenly squinted at me, like he was trying to see something. He held out his hand, and I felt the clap on my necklace undo itself. My necklace flew into his waiting hand, and there was nothing I could do about it since I couldn't move my arms.
"Give that back!" I shrieked.
He ignored me, and just stared at it for a long moment. Then he looked back at me. "I remember this now. And I remember you!"
"WHO ARE YOU?" I repeated, again starting to see red.
"I can answer that for you, Katrina, and so much more. Not only can I tell you who I am, but also who you are."
I didn't say anything. I kept lying to myself and saying that I didn't want to know, but I really did. I wanted to know my parents' names. I wanted to know my real last name. I wanted to know why my parents had been killed. I did want to know.
"You are Katrina May Lehnsherr," he continued, "the daughter of Gale and Jeff Lehnsherr. I am known as Magneto."
Before I could react, I heard a shout. "LEAVE MY SISTER ALONE!" and Randy and Gwen burst into the clearing. In almost no time at all, they too were pinned to the trees on either side of me.
Gwen seemed to recognize Magneto immediately. "YOU!" She froze over again and I watched her eyes start glowing light blue. I'm pretty sure that the same thing had been happening in my eyes, except that mine were red. That would explain why I was seeing red.
Magneto looked at her and said with a bit of that laughter in his voice, "So nice of you to join us, Gweneviere!"
"Gwen, you know him?"
"Of course I know him! He killed my mom and dad!"
"He WHAT?" I looked at him angrily. "What, do you just go around killing random married couples or something?"
He looked at me in surprise. "Of course not! You mean you don't know?"
"What don't we know?" I asked cautiously.
He laughed again. "Rina May Lehnsherr, I'd like to introduce you to Gwen Alice Lehnsherr, your sister."
"Oof!" I had ignited again in his hands. Looking up at him from the ground, I recognized him immediately. He was one of the people I'd seen in the gym! He was tall and thin, with white hair and blue eyes, and there was a bit of a sneer on his face.
The other me laughed. I started getting really creepy out. That was my face, my body, and my laugh. Only now, coming from Ms Darkholme, it sounded evil. Then she turned into her tall, blue self.
I stood up and glared the white-haired boy and concentrated. A jet of flames shot straight at him, but he dodged it so fast that I didn't even see him!
"Not bad, Princess, but you've got to be faster than that to hit Quicksilver!" Okay. This guy was toast! I did it again, and again, but he kept dodging it.
"C'mon, Red, just admit it. I'm too fast for ya."
"What did you say?" I was seeing red.literally!
"You heard me. I'm too fast. You're too slow!" That was not something I was used to hearing. I was very fast! I just wasn't super fast like he was.
Then he started taunting me by running circles around me. I grinned. He may have been fast, but he sure wasn't all that bright! I stuck my leg out and tripped him and he fell flat on his face. "OW! Hey!" I laughed at him, but only until Ms Darkholme grabbed my wrists from behind and twisted both arms behind my back. I tried to burn her, but it didn't work. I wasn't one hundred percent sure how to do it yet.
"Quit clowning around, Pietro! And you quit squirming! All you have to do is cooperate and you'll be fine."
"Cooperate?" I put on a blank look, "What does that mean?"
She was about to answer when a few of the people from the gym, lead by the same flying guy in the helmet and cape, entered the clearing. I could feel my skin starting to get hot again and I heard a few grunts of determination from Ms Darkholme as she tried to hold on.
"It's all right, Mystique. You can let go," he said. She let go and sighed with relief, looking at her scorched hands. I was about to run, but apparently the caped man had other plans. Metal bars flew straight at me from three directions and pinned me up against a tree.
"Calm down, for Pete's sake. You're going on like a mouse caught in a trap!"
"Gee, I wonder why," I retorted.
"My goodness, you're a wiry one, aren't you? Hold still! All this struggling is only wasting your energy!"
I stopped moving and concentrated for a short moment, and then quickly opened my eyes so that he wouldn't realize what I had done.
"What do you people want from me?" I demanded. I had given up on trying to muscle my way out.
"From you?" said the man with a familiar laugh, "We don't want anything from you. What we want is to give you answers. Answers that we know you want."
"Well I don't want answers! Last time I got answers that I thought I wanted, well, we won't go there but I don't want answers! Who are you anyway?"
"I thought you didn't want answers," said Ms Darkholme.
"Excuse me, but I don't remember inviting you into this conversation," I snapped. Hey, I was having a bad day!
The man suddenly squinted at me, like he was trying to see something. He held out his hand, and I felt the clap on my necklace undo itself. My necklace flew into his waiting hand, and there was nothing I could do about it since I couldn't move my arms.
"Give that back!" I shrieked.
He ignored me, and just stared at it for a long moment. Then he looked back at me. "I remember this now. And I remember you!"
"WHO ARE YOU?" I repeated, again starting to see red.
"I can answer that for you, Katrina, and so much more. Not only can I tell you who I am, but also who you are."
I didn't say anything. I kept lying to myself and saying that I didn't want to know, but I really did. I wanted to know my parents' names. I wanted to know my real last name. I wanted to know why my parents had been killed. I did want to know.
"You are Katrina May Lehnsherr," he continued, "the daughter of Gale and Jeff Lehnsherr. I am known as Magneto."
Before I could react, I heard a shout. "LEAVE MY SISTER ALONE!" and Randy and Gwen burst into the clearing. In almost no time at all, they too were pinned to the trees on either side of me.
Gwen seemed to recognize Magneto immediately. "YOU!" She froze over again and I watched her eyes start glowing light blue. I'm pretty sure that the same thing had been happening in my eyes, except that mine were red. That would explain why I was seeing red.
Magneto looked at her and said with a bit of that laughter in his voice, "So nice of you to join us, Gweneviere!"
"Gwen, you know him?"
"Of course I know him! He killed my mom and dad!"
"He WHAT?" I looked at him angrily. "What, do you just go around killing random married couples or something?"
He looked at me in surprise. "Of course not! You mean you don't know?"
"What don't we know?" I asked cautiously.
He laughed again. "Rina May Lehnsherr, I'd like to introduce you to Gwen Alice Lehnsherr, your sister."