Disclaimer: None of these characters are mine, except for Aurora, Granite and Serpentine, and the weapons I gave to Orion, plus her name. But the character itself remains Marvel's. Plot is mine though.

Throughout story: " " = Speech ' ' = Thoughts ^ ^ = Telepath

Who shouted it? Who? WHO? o.o;

Chapter 38

Thick intolerable atmosphere rammed into the air. Silence entering through the windows, shifting through the ears of each body, making its presence known as nerves soared. Silence fled to ride with the wind, streaming along like a petal in a river, for whispers had begun, curious voices chatting to partners as students made accusations of the voice.

"Who was that?" Said Magneto softly, exterior calm but his eyes shone with a newfound rage as he had been interrupted and ignored.

"Bobby Drake!" Came the voice, determination fighting along with his speech.

All eyes flashed upon the owner of the voice, some gasps, some commenting on the unwise attitude, all mingled in with the tension of the room.

Bobby was no stranger to Magneto. He had been there when he, Rogue and Pyro had been brought along to the dam; Magneto's dark force had joined them in the jet.

"Aah.. yes." Said Magneto, features lit up with a satisfactory smirk, "I remember you.. Pyro has mentioned you."

At this Pyro glanced up and across to Bobby, who returned his gaze with a glare of hostile fury. The second of exchanged expressions lasted for hours for the pair, who shared distant friendship in their moment, recognition, resentment, relief, and repulsion. For they had been close friends, sharing good times and the few bad. But the bond had been strained heavily when Pyro departed and broke silent promises that had been informally made.

Bobby sent his glare back upon Magneto, refusing to reply.

"You're not going to be much use are you boy?" Sneered Magneto.

Bobby felt a twinge of resentment at that. 'Boy'? He would love to point out that he was in fact going on 18.

Still he did not reply.

"That kind of attitude is no use to me. And I can't let you leave." Said Magneto coolly, offering a shrug of his shoulders harshly.

"Goodbye, Iceman." Magneto motioned to lifting his hand, Bobby suddenly gasped as the bars pressed against his ribs, excruciating pain shivering through his bones.

Bobby couldn't cry out, for the row of bars squeezed his lungs free of air, but not his heart that was raging, determined to not stop. Bobby grunted, straining with the impossible strength that he couldn't match. His eyes alighted with a pale blue, frost lining his eyelashes as an aura of blue absorbed his body, sending rays of light into the dull hall. He exploded with a blast, ice flinging over the bars that trapped him, with a swift noise of hisses ice travelled and thickened round the bars, devouring the metal into ice. Since Magneto's control was now ruined, for he had no metal to direct, the ice smashed to the floor. Gasping, Bobby staggered forward, his heaving lungs cheering as air was gulped inside him.

Magneto was not put off, with a cracking ripping sound, a door was broken off the cells. It came flying across the room, aiming to strike Bobby, who gasped at its approach, raising his hands to freeze the oncoming metal. It shuddered in the air as ice coated the metal, slowly entering and turning each molecule to the solid form of ice. But as it took it's time, Magneto managed to waver it over Bobby, as the ice finished transforming it would land upon him, only conclusion result in his death. It tilted in the air, Magneto's control vanishing as the metal was transformed to a solid sheet of ice. It began to tumble; hurtling towards it's destined spot, Bobby Drake.

Screams cried out from some students, some crying, and some shouting angrily.

"BOBBY!" Exclaimed a new voice loudly, desperate to be heard. Pyro was fighting with the grip from Magneto, as what he knew what was right. Pyro was too quick, and darted from the arms of Magneto, drawing the lighter from his trouser pocket. The flames erupted from the lighter, and into his palm, increasing in size before it was hurtled, ravaging across the room in a streak of heat and light. It collided with the falling ice, exploding it to a shower of water. All in a few seconds.

Bobby was stunned by the explosion, water drenching him through. He fell back under the pressure, hitting the concrete floor heavily with a painful grunt. He hadn't even managed to hit the floor completely before Mystique had grabbed him by an arm, Granite by the other. Bobby was dragged off, his shouting and cursing making no difference as he was pulled along.

His voice continued and was echoed through the narrow corridor for several minutes, until the slamming of a cell door shattered the tension.

Pyro looked up timidly, hands slipping his light away, trembling ever so softly. Magneto glared down upon the fire controlling mutant, betrayal to Magneto was life threatening. Magneto growled, grabbing Pyro by an arm, his grip surprisingly strong. "Any more of that and you'll find yourself with the same fate as Iceman!"

Magneto tossed him away from his hand, causing the boy to stagger back a few steps, his eyes glancing about wildly, expression like a nervous animal, tormented and trapped. His breathing was panicky and he looked fearful of what he had done.

Bobby was tied firmly to his cell wall, chains wrapping round his wrists and waist, ankles strapped together. His cell door was guarded by Granite, who prowled sluggishly, jeering in at the captive mutant with slow chugs of dimwitted laughter.

Bobby leant his head back, eyes closing as he sighed, trying to escape from the horrific situation, "Oh Rogue.. how long will you all be?" He sighed softly, never losing hope.

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I hope you liked that, I wanted Bobby and Pyro's old friendship to be noticed, Pyro may have swapped sides, but I have intended for him to show weakness throughout till it led up to this crescendo. Let's see where it takes our fire-controlling mutant.

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