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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 22

Destiny Never Lies

They were all in the main part of the sewer-city, looking frantically for an exit.

"OVER THERE!" Yelled a mutant from atop a small building. "INTRUD-!"

He was interrupted by the hand of Bethany who froze him. She didn't change her emotion at all. She never did...

"We're caught," mumbled Bryan who has kept silent most of the time.

"Why did he have to come along anyway?" Ask Natura. "He can't do anything to help."

"Let's not worry about that now," Samira growled. "We need to find a way out."

The searched more...

"LOOK!" Rogue yelled, pointing up.

She had found it. A hole in the wall above that had a small a mount of light shining through.

"Samira," John ordered. "Start taking 'em up."

She complied by grabbing Rogue by the glove and Bryan by the hood of his jacket and jumped into the air.

"I see you found your way out," said the voice of the mighty Callisto from the door to her throne room. "But you won't leave so easily."

She held her spear with both hands and had a blood thirsty look on her scarred face. Bobby threw his hand forward and shot a stream of ice at her. She dodged it and leapt towards them. She landed a few meters away and thrusted herself forward, but she was stopped by something bright. Something like lightning.

Up above in the hole was Ms. Munroe. Storm. She jumped down and slowly fell with help from wind that she summoned to carry her.

"Ms Munroe?" Bobby asked.

"Not now Bobby," she told him. "Escape."

He turned to see deformed mutants gathering around the entire city in a large circle. They weren't here to watch.

Bobby looked at the remaining mutants. Samira had already came back and managed to get Bethany and Natura. It was just Bobby and John left.

"Wanna fight?" John asked him, giving a glance to some nearby mutants.

"We have to hold them off until Samira can come for us," Bobby told him, and then readied his hands.

He called his mutant power, sensing all the water molecules in the air. With one quick flick of his hand a thick chunk of ice shot out of his hand and it a mutant, pinning him to the ground. John had taken a more violent approach by shooting streams of fire at mutants, knocking them back. Storm was... she was fighting Callisto.

Callisto had thrown her a weapon. A spear, and they were battling it out.

A hand grabbed the back of Bobby's shirt. He looked up to see Samira, very tired at this point. She had another hand latched onto Johns arm. She then lifted them into the air. Bobby got to sense the feeling of flying first hand. It was like when she touched something they lost all their weight. She wasn't tired form carrying them; she was tired from having to concentrate so hard while dodging weapons flying at her. They made it to the huge hole that led to the outside world.

They were in a playground. It was abandoned, but the slides and swings were still there even if they were torn up. John grabbed onto Bobby and pulled him.

"C'mon," he told Bobby. "You're not going anywhere this time."

"What about Storm?" Bobby asked worried.

"She can handle herself, right?" John told him mockingly. "She's a n X-man after all."

"But...," Bobby started to say, but Natura interrupted.

"WATCH OUT!" She screamed.

For what? Well they soon found out by the sound of a shooting gun and a huge explosion of fire. After that Bobby blacked out...

The scream of someone... someone... dying... were heard. Was it him? John? He couldn't tell because the blast hit him so hard. He couldn't feel anything.

But... Destiny never lies.