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Of Fire and Ice
Author: Flame
Archive: Yes
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Now that John has left with Magneto, Bobby is determined to make him come back. But attacks on the mansion and gangs of mutants are obstacles in his path. (NOT a romance)(Incomplete)
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Chapter 7
Paranoia
Bobby went to his room, as he was told, and sat on his bed thinking about how he was going to find Magneto. If he found Magneto, he would find John. John didn't know what he was getting himself into... he was putting himself in the heart of a war that would attempt to kill all the "un-evolved" humans. But that meant John's parents along with many other mutants. Did he just want to kill his mom because she wasn't like him? Maybe Bobby just didn't understand... maybe there was something else behind his mom. John never said anything about his family. Maybe they were already dead.
Down in Professor Xavier's office, Xavier himself sat behind his desk, with Bryan in the guest chair. Scott and Ororo were close behind to protect the professor if Bryan tried anything.
"Tell me," Xavier said to Bryan. "What do you know about your power?"
"I don't know," Bryan whispered. "I just don't like it when people touch me."
"Why not?" The professor asked.
"Because... I can get into their head or something," Bryan replied, fidgeting with his gloved hands.
"What do you see?" the professor asked.
"I see... their thoughts... everything," Bryan replied, still keeping his low tone.
"Can you control these thoughts?" Xavier asked.
"Yes," Bryan replied. "But I don't do that...".
"Why not?" Xavier asked, knowing he was getting through to something.
"Because I take a piece of them...," He replied.
"You mean you take away their memory?" Xavier asked.
"No..," Bryan told him. "I can kill them...".
"Have you killed someone?" Xavier asked.
"Yes...," Bryan said, choking a little. "But it was an accident! I didn't mean to do it to him!"
"What happened?" Xavier asked, not getting bored with asking all these questions.
"Philip... he was shot... I ran over to him and I held him up and I saw into his mind... but I didn't know what I was doing... I killed him...," Bryan said, anxious to get them to understand it wasn't his fault that Philip died.
"Just one more question, Bryan," Xavier said to him. "I was looking at a picture of you, and you had brown eyes. Yet... now you have green eyes. Can you tell me how?"
Bryan looked at the professor and started to shake. "Philip had green eyes..."
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Xavier asked Ororo to take Bryan back to the others and when she returned, he started to reveal his deductions.
"Bryan has telepathy," he informed them. "It is nowhere near as developed as it could be, but I think he's a danger to himself for now."
"What his eyes?" Ororo asked. "Did he change them himself?"
"No," Xavier replied. "He went so deep into his friends mind that he... "Absorbed" some of him."
"How old is he?" Scott asked.
"Fifteen," Xavier replied. "To young to suffer like he is."
"What do you mean?" Ororo asked. "He's suffering?"
"Paranoia," he told her. "He is afraid. Afraid of human touch and afraid of people all together. He doesn't trust anyone except his four comrades."
"Can you help him?" Scott asked.
"Yes, but he must let me get through to him," he replied. "We will keep him here and let him find out how many other youth there are that are just like him. Maybe he will grow more comfortable that way."
"Do you think Magneto will try and rescue the ones we captured?" Ororo asked.
"Yes," Xavier replied. "He will come soon. I just pray that we can beat him."
Of Fire and Ice
Author: Flame
Archive: Yes
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Now that John has left with Magneto, Bobby is determined to make him come back. But attacks on the mansion and gangs of mutants are obstacles in his path. (NOT a romance)(Incomplete)
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Chapter 7
Paranoia
Bobby went to his room, as he was told, and sat on his bed thinking about how he was going to find Magneto. If he found Magneto, he would find John. John didn't know what he was getting himself into... he was putting himself in the heart of a war that would attempt to kill all the "un-evolved" humans. But that meant John's parents along with many other mutants. Did he just want to kill his mom because she wasn't like him? Maybe Bobby just didn't understand... maybe there was something else behind his mom. John never said anything about his family. Maybe they were already dead.
Down in Professor Xavier's office, Xavier himself sat behind his desk, with Bryan in the guest chair. Scott and Ororo were close behind to protect the professor if Bryan tried anything.
"Tell me," Xavier said to Bryan. "What do you know about your power?"
"I don't know," Bryan whispered. "I just don't like it when people touch me."
"Why not?" The professor asked.
"Because... I can get into their head or something," Bryan replied, fidgeting with his gloved hands.
"What do you see?" the professor asked.
"I see... their thoughts... everything," Bryan replied, still keeping his low tone.
"Can you control these thoughts?" Xavier asked.
"Yes," Bryan replied. "But I don't do that...".
"Why not?" Xavier asked, knowing he was getting through to something.
"Because I take a piece of them...," He replied.
"You mean you take away their memory?" Xavier asked.
"No..," Bryan told him. "I can kill them...".
"Have you killed someone?" Xavier asked.
"Yes...," Bryan said, choking a little. "But it was an accident! I didn't mean to do it to him!"
"What happened?" Xavier asked, not getting bored with asking all these questions.
"Philip... he was shot... I ran over to him and I held him up and I saw into his mind... but I didn't know what I was doing... I killed him...," Bryan said, anxious to get them to understand it wasn't his fault that Philip died.
"Just one more question, Bryan," Xavier said to him. "I was looking at a picture of you, and you had brown eyes. Yet... now you have green eyes. Can you tell me how?"
Bryan looked at the professor and started to shake. "Philip had green eyes..."
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Xavier asked Ororo to take Bryan back to the others and when she returned, he started to reveal his deductions.
"Bryan has telepathy," he informed them. "It is nowhere near as developed as it could be, but I think he's a danger to himself for now."
"What his eyes?" Ororo asked. "Did he change them himself?"
"No," Xavier replied. "He went so deep into his friends mind that he... "Absorbed" some of him."
"How old is he?" Scott asked.
"Fifteen," Xavier replied. "To young to suffer like he is."
"What do you mean?" Ororo asked. "He's suffering?"
"Paranoia," he told her. "He is afraid. Afraid of human touch and afraid of people all together. He doesn't trust anyone except his four comrades."
"Can you help him?" Scott asked.
"Yes, but he must let me get through to him," he replied. "We will keep him here and let him find out how many other youth there are that are just like him. Maybe he will grow more comfortable that way."
"Do you think Magneto will try and rescue the ones we captured?" Ororo asked.
"Yes," Xavier replied. "He will come soon. I just pray that we can beat him."