Saturday, otherwise known as the weekend. Yes, even at 'Mutant High' as Bobby once fondly put, they get weekends to relax and take a break from school. Sleeping in was always one of the favorite things to do. John awoke to the bright sunlight pouring in through the window. Blinking a couple times he waited for his eyes to adjust. Sitting up he glanced around the room. Everything seemed normal. Bobby already up wandering around campus with Rogue, Zippo on the nightstand. Letting out a deep breath, he decided not to put on a shirt, he never slept with one on. He clambered out of bed and went to the bathroom to brush his teeth. The events from the night before came flooding back to him. Sure, nothing major had happened, but just talking to her was intoxicating. He looked at his reflection in the mirror as he continued to brush. Good skin, not too many blemishes, he looked at his stomach now. His six pack rippled and his pecks stood out. Yup, he had a nice body, why not show it off? Hoping to impress Leslie, he walked out of the his room and roamed the school. Shielding his eyes from the bright sunlight of the outdoors, he heard voices coming from the basketball court. "Shoot! Shoot!" "WHOO! Point for us!!" "God damnit!" "Get the ball, get the ball!!"
He walked over to the court and was surprised to see her in the middle of the action, dribbling the ball down the court like a pro. Pass to Kitty, shoot, miss, rebound…it was quite an interesting game. Boys against girls. Watching everyone got him pumped up and ready to play. "Mind if I join in?"
Everyone turned around to see him standing there, no shirt, just some basketball shorts on that he slept in. One of the girls came up to him, draping an arm around his shoulder, batting her eyes at him and rubbing his chest. "Sure you can." she said seductively. He grinned as he glanced over to Leslie, who's eyes were narrowed at the girl. Knowing that she was jealous of this other girl just brightened his day. Deciding to push the limit, he wrapped an arm around the girls waist and nuzzled her neck. Leslie rolled her eyes and looked the other way. This was sickening. Feeling anger boil inside of her at this girl who was all over John, her John, she pulled out the stored energy from the night before. Putting a small orb into her hand, she tossed it carelessly at the girls back. She let out a yelp as it connected with her spine. The girl spun around to face her, and gave Leslie the dirtiest look she had ever gotten. She gave her an innocent smiled. She had won. 'Leslie fighting over me?' John thought to himself. 'Excellent.' He let out a grin at the idea of it and picked up the ball, ready to play.
After the game was over (boys had won) John caught up with Leslie.
"So, what was all that about? Didn't like her hanging on me?" He asked.
"Please. That was the most annoying experience of my life." She retorted. "All I wanted to do was play, and everyone was too busy watching you guys to do that. It had to be ended." With that, a smile played on her lips. Her eyes danced as she looked up at him. He returned the smile and brushed a few stray hairs away from her face. She jumped slightly when his fingers brushed her face.
"I…I should be going." She said quickly, wanting to get away from him as fast as possible.
"Wait." He said. Her dark eyes matched his and she waited for him to start talking. But, he couldn't. When he opened his mouth, no words came out. All he seemed to be able to do was stutter. Feeling like a complete idiot, he just shook his head and walked away.
He lay in his bed, looking at the stars outside. Normally, he was out like a light, but tonight was different. Tonight, something was going to happen. John wasn't sure whether it was good or bad, but something was definitely going to happen. Professor X was out of the manor, and Logan was in charge. Were they really safe with only him there? Storm and Jean were alos gone, and Cyclops was with the Professor. All the adults were out except for Logan. Would they be okay if danger was to strike? Flipping over on his side he closed his eyes tried once again to fall asleep.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH…." Siren's piercing scream sounded through the hallways. John sat up straight, clutching his ears in hopes to block out the sound. Glancing around the room, he noticed Bobby, his roommate, was gone. His head flipped around to the window. Two bright helicopter lights were shining at him. He put up in arm to block the blinding light from his eyes. Rapidly he threw off his dark comforter and grabbed his Zippo, dashing out into the dimly lit hallway. Kids were running in the halls in every direction. He followed them, not sure where he was going because of the dark. His feet pounded along the ground as he sprinted as fast as he could. They were being invaded by humans. Someone next him went down, he turned his head to see a boy laying on the floor, passed out with darts in his neck.
"Ugh." He said as he ran into someone, but he kept going.
"John! Hey! Where's Rogue?!" Bobby yelled at him.
"I dunno." He replied, turning around to face him, children bumping into him as they tried to run away from the normal humans. Bobby quickly turned around and ran the other direction, needing to find Marie.
"Hey!" He yelled back at Bobby and ran after him. Following Bobby they ran past doors. One of them was wide open. Leslie's room. Bobby looked behind to see John go into the room. Bright flashing lights seemed to shoot out from them. Must be her infamous energy balls.
John entered the room. Leslie was throwing off energy in every direction, trying to escape the grasp of one the men.
"Get the fuck off her!!" He screamed at the guy. The man turned around and handed Leslie to another.
"Yea. What are you gonna do about it kid?" He asked, holding up a gun. John lit his lighter, taking the flames into his hand and throwing them at him. The man screamed and kept stepping backwards until he fell out the window. John turned to the other guy who now had Leslie.
"Don't come near me freak or I'll kill your girlfriend." He said. 'Girlfriend.' John thought. 'I like the sound of that.' But, this was no time to be fantasizing. Something needed to be done. He heard footsteps behind him and then saw Bobby standing next to him. Both stood, watching in horror at the man who held his gunpoint at Leslie's head.
Bobby held out his hand. The shiney blue ice ejected from his hand and froze the gun and the man's arm. John dashed over to Leslie, wrenching her free. Drawing her into a quick hug, he whispered in her ear, "Are you ok?" She nodded before pulling away and looking out the door. "What's going on?"
"Humans are invading us." Bobby said. "I don't know why."
Cocking her head to the side she watched the people run past in the hallway.
"Can we please go get Rogue now?" Bobby asked.
The three ran out of the room, but the second just before, Pyro shot fire at the soldier still in the room and lit him on fire.
"Rogue!" Bobby yelled as he saw her ran around the corner in a black sleeping gown.
"Bobby!" She screamed grabbing his hand. "This way!" They followed her around the corner and down the hallway. They skidded to the stop as they saw to outlines of people hanging in front of the window. The glass was shattered and everyone screamed and covered their heads as two men crawled through. They turned around as fast as they could and scampered away in the other direction. Running down the stairs they saw bodies laying on the floor, both human and mutant.
"Come on!" Bobby said. The continued to the front door, but stopped quickly as the wooden doors burst open. Men ran in. They were surrounded by soldiers who were out to get them. Leslie looked all over at everyone. Beads of nervous sweat were dripping down John's face. Fear was in his eyes which darted around the room looking for hope. Her eyes were pinned on him. His eyes stopped on her, gulping in fright. What was going to happen to them? Where they going to be taken away and be put in jail? Be registered? Be experimented on? He looked back into the bright lights of their flashlights and shielded his eyes.
Everyone looked up as they heard Logan from above. He was jumping off of the top of the stairs and flying at the men at the door. His metal claws slashed two of the guys as he came down on top of them. Sticking out his arms, him pierced the other two. All four of them were dead. Logan retracted his claws. "Let's go." he told them. Logan threw open the doors only to be blinded by the intense glow of the helicopter lights. "This way!" He said as he led them away from the doors in the other direction. The ran as fast as their legs would let them, wandering the halls until they reached a certain point. Everyone stared at the wall, but Leslie just glanced around, confused as to why they had stopped.
"This is it." Bobby said, running into the wall. Ah, it was a secret doorway. The wall board lifted up and then there was a dark, circular tunnel, almost like a gigantic drain, with faint light bulbs on the ceiling. The three teenagers dashed into it, ready to escape. Hearing voices and steps coming their way Logan turned to meet the people.
"You want me?! Shoot me!" Logan screamed at the people, letting the steal claws come out from his knuckles.
"Logan!" Rogue yelled at him. John, Leslie, and Bobby stopped running and turned around.
"Don't shoot him!" A voice sounded. John looked over at Leslie, who was looking inquisitively towards Rogue. He swallowed, not wanting anything bad to happen to her. He knew he would protect her no matter what happened, no matter whether she wanted him to or not. They all stood there, listening the what was going on outside in the hallway. A man was talking to Logan. "Not yet…Wolverine? Well, I must admit this is certainly the last place I would expect to find you…."
Everyone kept running, John holding Leslie's hand tugging her along.
Rogue halted. "Wait wait you guys! We have to do something! They're going to kill him!" She shouted.
John sadly let go of Leslie's hand. "He can take can handle himself. Let's go!" John said.
"Bobby! Please…" Rogue begged. Bobby walked up to Rogue and back to the entryway.
What was going on out there? Both Leslie and John were to afraid to look. Bobby and Rogue sat at the entranceway, lingering for Logan, and watching the whole scene. John kept watching Leslie, her chest rising and falling heavily with every breath from all of the excitement and running, her body slightly shaking in fright. Her short hair framed her face and her lips were slightly parted. Lips that he wanted to have his own on. John seemed to tune out, entranced by the girl standing before him. Her eyes never once left the shadows she could see in the corridor.
The next thing he knew Bobby had put up an ice barrier between Logan and the soldiers. Logan was furious, he obviously wanted to hear what else the man had to say. "Shit." He kept saying over and over as they ran . Bobby crawled up a ladder and pushed up the hatch and crawled through the hole. They were now in the garage.
Sprinting to a blue car Logan yelled, "Get in! Get in!"
"I'll drive!" John started, opening the door.
Logan put his hand on his shoulder, pushing him away. "Maybe next time." They all jumped in, slamming the doors as quickly as they could.
"This is Cyclops's car." Bobby said. Logan just ignored in, letting one of his metal claws come out and inserted it where the key goes. The garage doors open and they sped away.
They drove down the shadowy road, going extremely fast. "Hey what was that back there?" John asked from his window seat in the back. Leslie was squished between him and Bobby.
"Stryker." Logan replied. "His name is Stryker."
"Who is he?" Rogue asked.
"I can't remember." Logan whispered. They all sat quietly as they drove. John leaned
back, shoulder touching Leslie's, which they both quite enjoyed. Rogue took a metal chain off of her wrist.
"Here this is yours." She said.
Logan took it in his hands, remembering the dog tag that he had gotten a long time ago, before he could even remember. He closed his hands around it, glancing at Rogue. Bobby watched from the backseat, not wanting to see the loving looks Rogue gave Logan. John shifted in his sit, then leaned between the two front seat, letting his hand graze Leslie's thigh. "I don't like uncomfortable silences." He informed everyone, pressing the radio button.
"What are you doing?" Rogue asked.
"Bye bye bye. Bye bye. Don't wanna be a-" The *Nsync song came blasting out of the speakers, causing everyone to groan. John quickly pressed another button, hoping to change the station to the CD player. A metal cell phone looking object came out of the dashboard.
"I don't think that's the CD player." John said. Logan picked it up, looking at the little object in his hands, pressing it slightly and causing it to beep. "Whoa." Logan said. He glanced over at John who was hovering over him, breathing down his neck. "Sit back." He ordered.
John went back to his seat. "Where are we goin'"? John asked.
"Storm and Jean are in Boston. We'll head that way." Logan told the others in the car.
"My parents are in Boston." Bobby informed everyone. John felt a tug on his heart. Parents. Something that he had never really had. He leaned his head against the back of the seat, sighing.
"Good." Logan said, making the car go faster.
John stayed awake the whole car drive, too pumped up from the day's events, or too charged from Leslie's head resting unknowingly on his shoulder. She had fallen asleep. This was the biggest test of self control. Every time she moved, he could feel it and his arms almost hurt in his effort to stop himself from pulling her onto him and forgetting everything. Then, she had made it tens time worse by falling asleep on him, snuggling up against him and making him go insane. John mentally kicked himself for being so effected by her. This was bad news. In his mind, emotions only caused trouble. He was getting too attached to her, and to him, you'll only end up getting hurt.
A/N: This might have been a confusing chapter for those who having seen the X-2 movie, but I'm suspecting that all of you have, so you know what I'm talking about.