The Fire Inside

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Chapter Two

By Hot Flamin' Ryro – Lia

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A/N: Okay guys! Thanks for reviewing! Finally I have things sorted out. Phew! Well, as an answer to my reviews:

If you ARE reading THIS, you probably would have read Chapter One AND reviewed. If you haven't, well, then SCOOT! Go back to Chapter One, read, enjoy, review…you know where I'm getting at? Good…anyway my babehz, on with the story!

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"Well, I knew I could find my way here!" John grinned. "Uhh…Home sweet home?"

He ran over to the back of the mansion. He knew an alternative entrance to get inside, and he didn't want to be seen yet. Once he was inside the mansion, he travelled a route around the corners and empty rooms, so that no one would notice him. Suddenly, he lost thought and didn't realise where he was going until BASH! He crashed into someone.

"Hey watch where you're –" the person he crashed into turned around. It was a girl. She had brown auburn hair, with a prominent white streak. Suddenly, her expression turned into a surprised, but puzzled look. "Oh god, it's the return of the loser dick…someone should save me from your stupidity, John. " snapped Rogue. After all, he had turned his back on her by joining Magneto, the man who once tried to kill her.

"Very funny," John finally managed to say. He hoped that she wasn't truly angry with him.

"Funny, you say?" she replied, tilting her head on an angle. "Well, it wasn't funny when you turned your back to us. And like yesterday, when you had a punch-up with Bobby. He's in hospital now, and it's all your fault."

John looked at her in a puzzled way. He had just arrived! Well, it was pretty obvious that maybe Mystique was behind it all. She had obviously beaten him here, if that was the case. After all, he had been searching for "Mutant High" for about 3 days.

"Oh, don't you remember?" Rogue looked very cross and disgusted. John had never seen her so angry before. "In case you haven't noticed, John, the whole school is against you." With these words, she turned on her heel and stormed off.

John did the same, except he travelled in the opposite way. Suddenly, he jumped. He found himself staring at…himself.

"What're you doing here?" John asked rudely, waiting for Mystique to turn back into her usual form. However, she stood there, stiff as a board, silent.

She then broke the silence. "Coming to rescue you, of course." She replied.

"I don't need rescuing. So piss off."

He started to walk away, but Mystique grabbed his wrist and kicked his face when he turned around. He fell to the ground in an unconscious heap. Mystique stayed in her John form and left him there.

Meanwhile, Rogue overheard the conversation. She rushed down to see what had happened and found John's body on the ground.

"Oh John, what've you done now…" she mumbled as she attempted to drag his body along. She finally gave up and went to catch up with the fake John. There she [Mystique] was, in one of the classrooms – talking to Storm.

Rogue had to find a way to stop her. She pulled off her gloves. "Hey John," she said. Mystique turned around. Rogue grabbed her face, and instantly she turned back into her usual form, before falling down to the ground.

Storm looked up at Rogue, a surprised look on her face.

"Mystique's been causing all the trouble here lately," Rogue said, answering her expression. "She must have – "

"I know, I know," said Storm, cutting her off. "And so does the professor."

"Should we tell the others?"

"That is up to the professor to decide."

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Rogue wanted some more detail, though. She needed to ask John a few questions. As she walked, she thought of the things she would ask him. She turned around the corner into the corridor where John was attacked. John's body was gone, but Professor X was there.

"John's in one of the rooms," he said immediately. "You'll have to wait a bit so he can recover before you ask him questions."

She knew he had read her mind. Rogue nodded her head. "Thanks, professor." She said, and walked out onto the grass. There she met Bobby, who greeted her and placed a hand on her shoulder. He gave her a stern look.

"Rogue," he said. "Don't even think about it. He joined Magneto. Trust me…he's not worth all the trouble. Forget about it, Rogue. It's for your own good. Don't go messing around with those types of people…I heard he was thought to have a criminal record. He's scum, in a way."

She stared back at him. "I thought we were all friends," she said. She returned his look with a glare. "So why would you have a scummy friend, hey?" sh sighed. "I'm sorry Bobby. After all, it's for my own good." She smiled and walked away.

Bobby went with her.

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A/N: Yay! Chapter 2 is FINISHED! Umm…one thing – I'm sorry to everyone who thought I had copied the story/plagiarised…=( I actually accidentally had uploaded it on both of my accounts…BIG mistake! I deleted the original one so it didn't look so much like copying, but FF.Net deleted the other one…and WHO THE HECK REPORTED ME? I would NEVER be that stupid to copy someone's story and leave the name, especially when it was already on the first page…ah well. I had to wait a long, long time until I could upload, so sorry for the wait, guys…=( Ah well, you still love me, don't ya? =)