I sat in the pilot's seat of one of the X-Jets. I flipped the certain switches, going into my smooth, almost automatic movements. Sunspot sat beside me, Angel and The Scarlet Witch behind us.
"All Systems check", Sunspot murmured. He turned to me. "Are you ready?" He asked, reaching out and touching my shoulder. I gave him a smile; he was one of my closest friends.
"As ready as I'll ever be, Roberto." I said, checking the buttons again. "You just worry about getting back to Rahne". I watched his cheeks glow and grinned in a moment that shadowed a time before all of this started. A Better Time.
"Let's Rock and Roll!" I cried in a brave voice, boosting the engines. I looked back to give them courage.
I tried not to look beyond the faces of my friends, but I failed, seeing that inside, each was as scared as I was. I looked forward again, trying not to think that I was delivering them to their deaths.