After that first kiss, Spark and Pyro had been inseparable. They
walked to classes hand in hand, ate all three meals together, and took
walks late at night. Once or twice, people who didn't like them tried to
start rumors. Nobody believed them for a second, because they knew Spark,
and they knew Pyro. They wouldn't
After a while, whenever Spark saw Jake, it was like he was mirroring her and Pyro. Jubilee and him were together almost as much as them. The two couples bumped into each other a few times on their walks.
On day, while Pyro and Spark were talking one of their late night walks, Pyro stopped on a small hill. He lay down and motioned for Spark to lie down next to him. She did and as she was getting down, she asked, "Aren't the stars beautiful tonight?" He smiled at her and wrapped his arm around his waist. "Just like you." Her head was resting on his shoulder and one of her hands was on his stomach with the other by her side. "Thank you, sweetie." She looked up at him, and he looked at her. "You've go the prettiest eyes, Sparky," he whispered. She smiled.
Pyro lent down and kissed her. He wrapped his other arm around her waist and brought her closer to him. They just lay there for a few minutes, kissing, until Spark pulled away. She put her head on his chest. He ruffled her hair. They lay there for an hour, maybe more, until it got too cold to stay outside.
At the door to Spark's room, Pyro gave her a goodnight kiss. Her arms were around his neck, with his arms around her waist, when Rogue opened the door. "God, you guys, get a room!" she said. Spark and Pyro pulled away, reluctantly, yet embarrassed. Rogue left, headed for the kitchen. "Tell Bobby I said hi!" called Pyro after her.
"Goodnight, John," Spark said, smiling. She stepped into her room, closing the door, only leaving it opened a crack. "Night Sparky. Don't let the bed bugs bite." He leaned forward and pushed the door open more, making room so he could lean in and kiss her again.
* * *
Spark's eyes flew open. It was the nightmare again. She sat up and rubbed her eyes. She threw the covers off and stood up. It was almost midnight. She walked to the door and opened it silently. Outside John's room, Spark inhaled deeply. She wanted to go see him, but she didn't want to get in trouble.
Spark opened the door and tiptoed in. She closed the door and made her way to his bed. He was laying there, the sheets in a tangle around his feet. He was wearing boxers and an undershirt. On his face he wore a dreamy smile. She sat down as close to the bed as she could get. She slid her hand under his, and laid her head down on the bed. Touching his hand, and being near him just made her feel safe.
Later that night Jake woke up and saw Spark, squeezing John's hand. He smiled and walked over to Pyro's bed. He gently pushed John all the way over to the other edge of the bed. Then he leaned down and picked up Spark and put her next to John. He covered Spark with the sheets, tucking them under her, but leaving her arm uncovered, so she could still clasp John's hand.
The next morning when John woke up, his first realization was that he was not alone in his bed. He saw Spark and relaxed. His first thought was, 'Did I --? Did we --? Nahh. I know Spark. We wouldn't.' Spark held one of his hands, so with his other he played with her hair.
Slowly she woke up. Her eyes shot open when she realized that she was in bed with John. She sat straight up. "I wasn't in bed with you when I came in! I sat down by your bed! I didn't get in it!" she defied. "Shh," he soothed. "I know, I know that you didn't I know that you wouldn't do that. I'll have to thank Jake for that later." Spark looked around and saw that Bobby was asleep and Jake was gone. "I'll guess I'll have to thank him, too. I would've broken my back if I'd slept like that all night." He smiled at her and sat up.
"C'mon. Let's go get some breakfast." Pyro said. He swung his legs over the side of his bed and stood up. "I'm hungry. We can find Jake, too." Spark stood up next to him, only coming up to his shoulder. "Lemme go change, and I'll meet you in the kitchen." She left his room and turned to go to her own.
"Way to go, Pyro," said Bobby from his bed. "And we didn't even hear you." He was laughing. John turned and glared at him. "Shut it, if you like your hair unburned." He turned and went downstairs to fix Spark and himself breakfast.
In her room, Spark quickly changed and put make-up on. When she opened the door, Pyro met her. "I though you were going downstairs," she said to him, reaching up to ruffling his hair. "I remembered I wanted to show you something. Follow me!" He grabbed her hand and led her downstairs, past the kitchen to the front door. "Wait! Hunny! I need shoes if we're going outside!" she pulled on him to stop and slid on her flip-flops that she'd left by the door earlier. He waited until she had them on, then opened the door and started jogging toward a large patch of trees.
He ran in between the trees to a clearing. There was a helicopter waiting for them. Pyro's grip tightened on Spark's hand. "John-?" But John was no longer John. As she looked at him, his skin seemed to retract into itself, and it its place, there was blue, scaled skin. John was now a blue- scaled woman.
"What do you want?" Spark yelled at Mystique. She tried to let go of Mystique's hand, but she was holding on too tight. Mystique pulled her to the copter as the door opened of it's own accord. She shoved Spark into the copter and slammed the door shut. She climbed into the pilot's seat. She started up the copter and took off, leaving Spark pounding on the door.
Spark stopped pounding, seeing as nobody could hear her, and looked around in the helicopter. She was leaned against the door, trying to open it. "It won't open, so don't even try, my dear girl," said Magneto, from on of the seats. "Will you come sit down, or do you need persuasion?" he wave a set of mental handcuffs threateningly. Spark stood up and wobbled over to sit opposite Magneto.
"Want do you want with me?" Spark asked angrily. "You're bait. I want Charles to come and bring his X-men. Then, when they've all assembled, I'll show them the new machine I've built." Spark raised an eyebrow. "What does your machine do?" she asked skeptically. "You need not worry your pretty head about that. It doesn't concern you yet."
* * *
John waited for Spark for a half hour. He couldn't wait any longer, so he abandoned his soggy cereal to go look for her. He went to her room, first. The door was ajar, so he opened it fully. Jubilee and Rouge were with their boyfriends, he knew. He saw them on his way up. Kitty (Shadowcat) was sitting on her bed, painting her nails. "Hey, Kitty. Have you seen Spark?" he asked her. She looked up at him, confused. "She just left with you twenty minutes ago." Pyro looked at her questioningly. "I've been downstairs for the last half hour." Kitty looked confused. "Well, I'm just telling you what I saw. You said you had something to show her. She left with you."
Pyro turned on his heels and almost tripped over Professor X. "Kimberly is gone. Mystique posed as you, John. Kimberly followed and is now in a helicopter with Magneto and Mystique. They're flying to Magneto's base. I think he wants us to follow him." John glared. "You mean she's gone? Let's go get her. Now!" The elder professor smiled. "Not yet, John. We need to plan, then we'll go rescue her." Pyro was still obviously angry. He had to go find her.
After a while, whenever Spark saw Jake, it was like he was mirroring her and Pyro. Jubilee and him were together almost as much as them. The two couples bumped into each other a few times on their walks.
On day, while Pyro and Spark were talking one of their late night walks, Pyro stopped on a small hill. He lay down and motioned for Spark to lie down next to him. She did and as she was getting down, she asked, "Aren't the stars beautiful tonight?" He smiled at her and wrapped his arm around his waist. "Just like you." Her head was resting on his shoulder and one of her hands was on his stomach with the other by her side. "Thank you, sweetie." She looked up at him, and he looked at her. "You've go the prettiest eyes, Sparky," he whispered. She smiled.
Pyro lent down and kissed her. He wrapped his other arm around her waist and brought her closer to him. They just lay there for a few minutes, kissing, until Spark pulled away. She put her head on his chest. He ruffled her hair. They lay there for an hour, maybe more, until it got too cold to stay outside.
At the door to Spark's room, Pyro gave her a goodnight kiss. Her arms were around his neck, with his arms around her waist, when Rogue opened the door. "God, you guys, get a room!" she said. Spark and Pyro pulled away, reluctantly, yet embarrassed. Rogue left, headed for the kitchen. "Tell Bobby I said hi!" called Pyro after her.
"Goodnight, John," Spark said, smiling. She stepped into her room, closing the door, only leaving it opened a crack. "Night Sparky. Don't let the bed bugs bite." He leaned forward and pushed the door open more, making room so he could lean in and kiss her again.
* * *
Spark's eyes flew open. It was the nightmare again. She sat up and rubbed her eyes. She threw the covers off and stood up. It was almost midnight. She walked to the door and opened it silently. Outside John's room, Spark inhaled deeply. She wanted to go see him, but she didn't want to get in trouble.
Spark opened the door and tiptoed in. She closed the door and made her way to his bed. He was laying there, the sheets in a tangle around his feet. He was wearing boxers and an undershirt. On his face he wore a dreamy smile. She sat down as close to the bed as she could get. She slid her hand under his, and laid her head down on the bed. Touching his hand, and being near him just made her feel safe.
Later that night Jake woke up and saw Spark, squeezing John's hand. He smiled and walked over to Pyro's bed. He gently pushed John all the way over to the other edge of the bed. Then he leaned down and picked up Spark and put her next to John. He covered Spark with the sheets, tucking them under her, but leaving her arm uncovered, so she could still clasp John's hand.
The next morning when John woke up, his first realization was that he was not alone in his bed. He saw Spark and relaxed. His first thought was, 'Did I --? Did we --? Nahh. I know Spark. We wouldn't.' Spark held one of his hands, so with his other he played with her hair.
Slowly she woke up. Her eyes shot open when she realized that she was in bed with John. She sat straight up. "I wasn't in bed with you when I came in! I sat down by your bed! I didn't get in it!" she defied. "Shh," he soothed. "I know, I know that you didn't I know that you wouldn't do that. I'll have to thank Jake for that later." Spark looked around and saw that Bobby was asleep and Jake was gone. "I'll guess I'll have to thank him, too. I would've broken my back if I'd slept like that all night." He smiled at her and sat up.
"C'mon. Let's go get some breakfast." Pyro said. He swung his legs over the side of his bed and stood up. "I'm hungry. We can find Jake, too." Spark stood up next to him, only coming up to his shoulder. "Lemme go change, and I'll meet you in the kitchen." She left his room and turned to go to her own.
"Way to go, Pyro," said Bobby from his bed. "And we didn't even hear you." He was laughing. John turned and glared at him. "Shut it, if you like your hair unburned." He turned and went downstairs to fix Spark and himself breakfast.
In her room, Spark quickly changed and put make-up on. When she opened the door, Pyro met her. "I though you were going downstairs," she said to him, reaching up to ruffling his hair. "I remembered I wanted to show you something. Follow me!" He grabbed her hand and led her downstairs, past the kitchen to the front door. "Wait! Hunny! I need shoes if we're going outside!" she pulled on him to stop and slid on her flip-flops that she'd left by the door earlier. He waited until she had them on, then opened the door and started jogging toward a large patch of trees.
He ran in between the trees to a clearing. There was a helicopter waiting for them. Pyro's grip tightened on Spark's hand. "John-?" But John was no longer John. As she looked at him, his skin seemed to retract into itself, and it its place, there was blue, scaled skin. John was now a blue- scaled woman.
"What do you want?" Spark yelled at Mystique. She tried to let go of Mystique's hand, but she was holding on too tight. Mystique pulled her to the copter as the door opened of it's own accord. She shoved Spark into the copter and slammed the door shut. She climbed into the pilot's seat. She started up the copter and took off, leaving Spark pounding on the door.
Spark stopped pounding, seeing as nobody could hear her, and looked around in the helicopter. She was leaned against the door, trying to open it. "It won't open, so don't even try, my dear girl," said Magneto, from on of the seats. "Will you come sit down, or do you need persuasion?" he wave a set of mental handcuffs threateningly. Spark stood up and wobbled over to sit opposite Magneto.
"Want do you want with me?" Spark asked angrily. "You're bait. I want Charles to come and bring his X-men. Then, when they've all assembled, I'll show them the new machine I've built." Spark raised an eyebrow. "What does your machine do?" she asked skeptically. "You need not worry your pretty head about that. It doesn't concern you yet."
* * *
John waited for Spark for a half hour. He couldn't wait any longer, so he abandoned his soggy cereal to go look for her. He went to her room, first. The door was ajar, so he opened it fully. Jubilee and Rouge were with their boyfriends, he knew. He saw them on his way up. Kitty (Shadowcat) was sitting on her bed, painting her nails. "Hey, Kitty. Have you seen Spark?" he asked her. She looked up at him, confused. "She just left with you twenty minutes ago." Pyro looked at her questioningly. "I've been downstairs for the last half hour." Kitty looked confused. "Well, I'm just telling you what I saw. You said you had something to show her. She left with you."
Pyro turned on his heels and almost tripped over Professor X. "Kimberly is gone. Mystique posed as you, John. Kimberly followed and is now in a helicopter with Magneto and Mystique. They're flying to Magneto's base. I think he wants us to follow him." John glared. "You mean she's gone? Let's go get her. Now!" The elder professor smiled. "Not yet, John. We need to plan, then we'll go rescue her." Pyro was still obviously angry. He had to go find her.
