Title: A Caress of Flame Part II

Author: Courtney, although the original 'A Caress of Flame' was by none other than Aslyin.

~Chapter Eight~

After following the five girls for around half an hour they reached a large old southern style mansion. "Oh my gosh!" Amara said with a beautiful smile gracing her face. "It' so gorgeous!" she said with excitement in her voice.

"What's all de racket?" a middle aged man with black hair asked as he walked outside (A/N: I think he has black hair, I'm not sure). "Sorry Jean Luc, we ran into some old friends who looked in trouble, and they most certainly were," Rogue said after she gave the man called Jean Luc a hug. "Oh, an' what kinda trouble?" he asked with a curious look gracing his face. "Tha Assassins," Rogue answered with a worried look on her face. "Oh, well come on in, all of ya," the man said with a loud voice as he gestured to the group of young mutants. "We're, like, coming!" Kitty said. "Gosh, you're always, like, so pushy," Kitty joked with the man. "Go on inside, Chat," the man said although you could tell that he didn't mind the girls jokes and optimism.

After they had all entered and went into the formal living room they were greeted by some more people that they had known.

"Sam?!" Amara said as she ran and gave him a tight hug. "It's nice ta see ya too, Princess," he said jokingly as he returned the hug to his old friend.

She ended the hug but still had a smile on her face.

"So you still hate me, eh?" the teenage Brazilian asked from behind her. "'Berto! Oh my gosh I missed you so much!" she said as she leapt at him as well. "Sure you did," he said with sarcasm as he returned the hug. She punched him playfully and ended the hug to look around at the rest of the people.

"So, we meet again," she said in a low voice to one of the other people in the room. "So it seems, Luke," the person returned clearly trying to so their best Darth Vader impersonation. "It ends now!" she said in the same low voice as she formed a light saber out of fire. "Yes, it does," the "Darth Vader" said as he formed a light saber made out of ice. She hit the ice saber with her fire saber and it quickly melted. "Any last words before you die?" she asked in her "Luke" voice. "Yes," he answered. "What is it, you fiend?" "Luke" asked. "Luke, I am.your father," he said in the most dramatic voice one can make while talking like Darth Vader.

Amara fell to the floor in giggles as her companion cracked up as well.just not in giggles. "It's SOO good to see you again, Bobby!" she said as she finally made it back to her feet and hugged him for what seemed like five minutes straight. "You too, 'Mara, you too," he said as he hugged her back.

"So Amara, how you doin' (A/N: think Joey from Friends)?" Ray asked after the hug between the two polar opposites ended. "I'm doin' good, Baby, how you doin'" she answered playfully. "I knew you'd warm up to me!" he said jokingly. She playfully punched his arm and gave him a hug.

"So Johnny Boy, how you been doin'?" asked a male with red and black eyes. "I've been good, Rems, I've been very good," he answered with a glance towards Amara. He could feel someone glaring at him and looked around to find the Goth Southerner named Rogue glaring at him. "I'm watchin' ya, boy" he said he mouth towards him.

"It is nice to see you again, St. John" a deep voice said from the group. "Ruskie!" John said as he looked at the incredible tall make. "Ruskie ol' boy, how ya been?!" John asked in an excited voice. "I have been good," he said while glancing at Kitty, who was holding his hand, just as John had done to Amara.

"Hehe, isn't that funny, Mates! The giant and the elf!" he said with laughter. "Hey! I, like, resent that! I am NOT an elf!" she retorted. "Right, Sheila, right," he replied acting as if she was completely correct in the matter while at the same time making it obvious that he was teasing her.

"Hmph," the brunette said while pouting playfully.

Suddenly Amara got a confused look on her face when she realized that someone was missing.

"Hey guys?" she asked. "Yeah," Jubilee answered. "Where's Kurt?" she questioned. She started to get worried when the whole room got really quiet.she got even more worried when the mentioned mutant's sister fled form the room.

"What happened to him?" she demanded. "The Professor's not who we thought he was," Tabby said with a quiet voice. "Tell me what you mean," Amara said close to tears.

"Kurt.h-he overheard Scott, Jean, and the Professor talking about how they were worried that you knew what was going on and they wanted to send someone to kill you. Of course Kurt was outraged and immediately went in the room and tried to attack the three of them. Scott didn't bother with his visor and just took it off.hitting Kurt with everything he had. Before he died, Kurt ported out of the room and found Rogue and I and explained what happened. Rogue didn't take it very well and she ran out of the mansion. An hour later she came back with Mystique and Magneto, who had brought the Acolytes and the Brotherhood. We managed to knock all three of them unconscious and escape." Kitty told the younger girl.obviously trying her best not to cry.

"Well where's the Brotherhood and the rest of the people from the mansion.where's Mystique and Magneto?" she asked while also trying to stifle her tears.

"Mystique and Magneto are out for the night, yes they did stay with us, they felt obligated because of Rogue. To answer the question before you ask it, Magneto is with Mystique, and of course Mystique is Rogue's mom so he's taken the role of her father, who is still unknown," Kitty explained.

"Well, what about Pietro and Wanda.wouldn't they've stayed with their father?" Amara asked. "They did, they're at the movies, every Saturday they go to dinner and a movie as a sibling bonding thing," Kitty answered. "What about the rest of the BoM?" she asked. "They refused to come, the declared that they hated us and would never live with us," was her reply.

"Well.where's Mr. Logan and Storm.and where's little Jamie?!" Amara asked with a panicked voice. "Mr. Logan hates Mystique and Magneto and decided to just leave and look for his past. As for Storm.well she absolutely hates Mystique more than anyone else and just couldn't stand to live with her.she lived with us here for awhile but moved out after about a week.Evan went with her. And as for Jamie, he's upstairs asleep," the last part was told with a small laugh.

"We also got some new people who wanted to live here," Rhane piped up. "Who?" Amara asked.

"There's Warren Worthington the III (A/N: he's gonna be 21 in this fic, but he still met Rogue and Scott, he was just younger, also Hank isn't in this fic cause I forgot about him) codename Angel, Betsy Braddock (A/N: she's 17 in this fic) codename Psylocke, Emma Frost (A/N: She's 17 in this fic) codename The White Queen, and last but certainly not least there's Tessa codename Sage," Tabby answered.

"And where are they?" Amara asked. "Partying like we were gonna be before we found you two!" Tabby said with a bright smile.

"Well in that case, let us get changed and we'll join you.I'm guessing Remy is gonna talk to Rogue," Amara said as she rushed up the stairs while pulling Pyro behind her.

TBC.

A/N: Okay the couples are the following: Amara/St. John Marie/Remy Jubilation/Pietro Rhane/Sam Elizabeth/Warren Emma/Bobby Katherine/Piotr Tabitha/Roberto Mercy/Ray.Henri is not gonna be in this fic so obviously she's not with him Wanda/????...There will be someone.just can't tell you who yet Tessa/?????...I have no clue who to put her with Raven/Eric

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