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Am I on the right side?
Chapter Four
John's focus was now on Bobby as he raised his hands that were covered with ice. Inside John's head, he knew they weren't gonna get anywhere. They had fought before and everything it had ended as a tie. He would melt Bobby's ice if Bobby shot first, and Bobby would freeze his fire if he shot at Bobby first. A stream of fire left his palms, racing towards Bobby. Bobby countered with a stream of ice. They collided in the middle. The fire pushed forward then the ice pushed back. This continued for a little over a minute, neither going to break contact. That's when the interference came. Toad had seen what was happening and his tongue shot out and hit Bobby, making him fall. When his put his hands down to soften his contact, the fire hit him and he went flying back into the deep water. John saw him hit. He took a step forward, then another. But he wasn't heading for Bobby; he was heading for his original target, who was busy watching her boyfriend drown. Rogue didn't even see him coming.
Rogue had seen Bobby go flying into the water. She screamed as he hit. She watched to see if he'd surface. Nothing, Bobby hadn't come up to the surface. She was about to jump into the water when she felt a horrible white-hot pain collide with her back. She screamed and dropped flat on her back. She could see John's hands in front of him and fire coming from them. The fire was covering her. She couldn't last through much more of this. Her eyes began to close as she was losing consciousness. The last thoughts on her mind were concerns of Bobby drowning and wondering why John would ever do a thing like this.
John was tearing himself apart in his mind. Stop! Just stop, just make it all stop! He saw Rogues eyes beginning to close. No! I can't have killed her! Please wake up Rogue, I'm so sorry! As her eyes shut, the fire still came. He couldn't stop as hard as he tried. Finally he stopped after her hair and clothes were burned up. As he slowly began to turn, his mind had shattered into pieces. He didn't want to ever think again. He didn't want to put those pieces back together. He didn't want to live knowing he had taken Rogue's life. As he turned around he didn't have enough time to react to what was in front of him. Before he could even see what was coming, three thin adamantium claws went through his chest. He began to choke as he found his air not coming. He looked up into the cold pair of eyes belonging to Wolverine. John's eyes began to close and the collar lost effect. The claws pulled back out of him. The last thing he saw was Wolverine walking away from him as he hit the ground. The last thing he felt was being lifted into the air, as if by an invisible force. Wolverine kicked John in the side after his eyes closed. If he had killed Rogue, Wolverine would come back for a second round of revenge on John. As he began running towards Rogue he heard something behind him. He turned and saw Magneto using his power to lift John's body into the air. It then floated into the castle. Magneto smiled at him then went back to battling Cyclops. He ignored it and ran to Rogue. As he drew nearer he saw someone was already beside her. He drew out the claws, but then saw it was only Bobby, who was dripping wet. He looked tired but he was pulling Rogue into his lap. "Rogue? Rogue can you hear me?" he asked her. He then saw Wolverine. "She's breathing and has a pulse, but she's not responding to me." Bobby said. Wolverine knelt down next to him and looked at Rogue. She was barbecued. She seemed to be alive, just unconscious from all the pain. Wolverine healed fast and pain usually didn't last to long for him, except burns. Burns still hurt like hell to him. He knew what she was feeling wasn't good. "She's unconscious but I think she'll be fine. Lets get out of here." He said picking Rogue up. "What can we do? We are still in battle!" Bobby asked. "No, we've lost. Somehow, even though we outnumber then, we lost. Come on." Wolverine said and they jumped in the water. He turned back and whistled. Cyclops saw him and nodded. He whistled too and soon all the X-Men were in full retreat. He could here Magneto behind him. "I hope you drop by again soon." He spat at them. Wolverine did the best to ignore it. He had Rogue on mind. Soon they reached the jet and he brought her inside. He laid her on a bed in the back. Jean followed them back there and took over Rogue's care. Wolverine sat down with the others. His blood was boiling. He tried to relax, but was as tense as ever. Rogue had better pull through this. That kid meant something to him.
John's eyes opened slowly. There was an intense pain throbbing in his chest. He tried to sit up, but it hurt too much. Then he suddenly remembered what had happened. Rogue! I hurt her, may have even killed her! Then he remembered Wolverine.killing him? Well then, he was definatly in Hell; he wasn't good enough for Heaven. He finally focused his eyes and found himself looking into a pair of bright yellow eyes. "Yup, definatly Hell." He muttered to himself. "What did you say?" Mystique asked him. "I was thinking that I had to be in Hell, and then I saw you and I know you wouldn't be in Heaven either, so I decided that we are in Hell." John said. "I'm sure you wish you were in Hell little fireman, but your not that lucky. You're still here, in your own living Hell." Mystique said bitterly. "Darn, I really was hoping I was out of here." John said attempting to sit up. Mystique put on hand on his back and she grasped his own hand with the other. She then helped him to sit up on his elbows. It hurt a lot but he wanted to see how badly he was injured, he didn't want to take Mystiques word for it. He hissed when he felt the pain stab in again. "You shouldn't press yourself, it'll hurt." Mystique said with a smile. "No shit?" he asked sarcastically.
"Now that your awake." Mystique said. Pyro was about to question her on what she meant when Mystique whipped out two metal cuffs and clamped them about his wrists and down to the metal table he was on. "What are you doing?" John asked trying to free himself. "Did you forget? You are still a prisoner here. Your not going anywhere and we aren't taking any chances with you, especially after that little number you did on those whiney teenage brats out there. We knew you would be a powerful weapon." Mystique said. John tried to hide the guilt he felt after she said that. He still didn't know if Rogue was okay. Mystique's face changed. "Oh, did I hit a sore spot? I thought you'd have some sort of remark for that. You have a think for that chic?" Mystique asked sitting down next to him. "No, and even if I did, I wouldn't tell you would I?" he said coolly. "Oh, alright then. Cause you know, if you would have said yes," she paused, then changed into Rogue, "Maybe I could have helped you out." She said in Rogues voice. He tried to take his eyes off her and look disgusted, but it was difficult. "Are you sure you don't feel anything special, around in here?" she said poking at his chest where his heart is. "Positive, now get your hand off me." He said, sounding as bitter as ever. "I don't think I gotta. Your not in charge here, your on the bottom of the chain sir." She said, tracing her fingers up and down his chest. He turned his face away, disgusted. He struggled against the cuffs, but they were tight. She then laid her head down against his chest and sighed deeply. He tried to shake her off, but she just held tighter. "Will you please get off me?" He asked. She bolted up. "Of coarse, not that you realize that I'm in charge of you." She said. She sat up and stretched as she changed from Rogue back to Mystique. "Magneto will be down in a while to take you back to your room." Mystique said as she left. Right now he wished with all his heart that he was back at school, in one of Storm's boring classes, or playing a game with Bobby and Rogue. He just wanted to be home, and it didn't look like he would be getting there anytime soon.
Rogue woke up late the next day. She couldn't see very well, all she saw was white. Then she heard something. "Marie? Marie? Marie can you hear me? It's Bobby. Please answer me." She heard Bobby calling her. She managed to turn her head to face him and she saw him smile. "Oh Marie your finally awake. You've been out for over 24 hours now. I was so worried about you. How are you feeling? Mrs. Summers will be here any minute." Bobby asked her all in one breath. "I feel, a little groggy, but I seem to be okay." She said. "Do you remember what happened?" Bobby asked. "Yah, as much as I saw. What happened to the X-Men?" She asked. "We all made it out fine with just a few minor injuries except me and you who have nice burn marks to show." Bobby said with smile. Marie then remembered that she didn't know what happened after she blacked out. "What happened to John?" She could barely conceal the desperation in her voice. "Oh he got what was coming to him." Bobby said with a smile. Her heart almost seemed to fall. "What? What happened Bobby?" she asked again. "Wolverine happened to him. Wolverine ran his straight through with his claws." Bobby said wearing a happy smile. Rogues heart dropped along with her mouth. "He's dead?" she asked. Why am I getting so worked up over him? I mean he was a friend, but I never loved him.did I? "I hope so. I didn't see him die, but I saw him getting ran through. You should have seen his eyes." Bobby said. "He looked so surprised." Bobby said trying not to laugh. Rogue couldn't believe what she was hearing. Could he really be dead? "You shouldn't wish death onto people, it's not good to do." She said. "It's just Pyro, it's not as if anyone cares. He's evil, he almost killed you, he deserves to die." Bobby declared. "He's not just Pyro Bobby. John used to be your best friend, how could you say that you don't care if he's even alive?" she asked, not believing that Bobby would say something like that. "He's not John anymore Rogue! Don't you see? He's Pyro, not John. John was our friend. Pyro betrayed us and he doesn't deserve to live." Bobby said. Rogue still shook her head. "I hope he isn't dead. Wouldn't you want him back on our side if we could get him back?" she asked. "Nope." Bobby said, not even considering it. "Well I do." She said. "You care to much for him, let him go. Even if he miraculously survives this one, he won't live long. The X-Men will hunt him down with Magneto and the others. He will die no matter what. You should just move on without him, it's gonna save you lots of pain and tears over a dick like him." Bobby said. "Maybe, you shouldn't get over people so quickly, maybe you should learn to forgive and forget once or twice." She said. "Not after what's he's done to all of us, to you. I will never forgive him." He said. "Never? Not even if he were to save my life and yours? Maybe with the rest of the X-Men? Not even then?" she asked. "Okay, I'd forgive him then, but that isn't gonna happen anyway." Bobby said. Just then Jean walked in. "Morning Marie. Let's see how your doing." She said grabbing some things. She sighed and relaxed. She hoped that the dream she had just had would someday come true. John will come home to be with me. I mean with us.
Well that's it for now. I hope it was good enough for now. I'll update again as soon as I can. Please review. I need those reviews. Thanks,
Obiwanfan
Am I on the right side?
Chapter Four
John's focus was now on Bobby as he raised his hands that were covered with ice. Inside John's head, he knew they weren't gonna get anywhere. They had fought before and everything it had ended as a tie. He would melt Bobby's ice if Bobby shot first, and Bobby would freeze his fire if he shot at Bobby first. A stream of fire left his palms, racing towards Bobby. Bobby countered with a stream of ice. They collided in the middle. The fire pushed forward then the ice pushed back. This continued for a little over a minute, neither going to break contact. That's when the interference came. Toad had seen what was happening and his tongue shot out and hit Bobby, making him fall. When his put his hands down to soften his contact, the fire hit him and he went flying back into the deep water. John saw him hit. He took a step forward, then another. But he wasn't heading for Bobby; he was heading for his original target, who was busy watching her boyfriend drown. Rogue didn't even see him coming.
Rogue had seen Bobby go flying into the water. She screamed as he hit. She watched to see if he'd surface. Nothing, Bobby hadn't come up to the surface. She was about to jump into the water when she felt a horrible white-hot pain collide with her back. She screamed and dropped flat on her back. She could see John's hands in front of him and fire coming from them. The fire was covering her. She couldn't last through much more of this. Her eyes began to close as she was losing consciousness. The last thoughts on her mind were concerns of Bobby drowning and wondering why John would ever do a thing like this.
John was tearing himself apart in his mind. Stop! Just stop, just make it all stop! He saw Rogues eyes beginning to close. No! I can't have killed her! Please wake up Rogue, I'm so sorry! As her eyes shut, the fire still came. He couldn't stop as hard as he tried. Finally he stopped after her hair and clothes were burned up. As he slowly began to turn, his mind had shattered into pieces. He didn't want to ever think again. He didn't want to put those pieces back together. He didn't want to live knowing he had taken Rogue's life. As he turned around he didn't have enough time to react to what was in front of him. Before he could even see what was coming, three thin adamantium claws went through his chest. He began to choke as he found his air not coming. He looked up into the cold pair of eyes belonging to Wolverine. John's eyes began to close and the collar lost effect. The claws pulled back out of him. The last thing he saw was Wolverine walking away from him as he hit the ground. The last thing he felt was being lifted into the air, as if by an invisible force. Wolverine kicked John in the side after his eyes closed. If he had killed Rogue, Wolverine would come back for a second round of revenge on John. As he began running towards Rogue he heard something behind him. He turned and saw Magneto using his power to lift John's body into the air. It then floated into the castle. Magneto smiled at him then went back to battling Cyclops. He ignored it and ran to Rogue. As he drew nearer he saw someone was already beside her. He drew out the claws, but then saw it was only Bobby, who was dripping wet. He looked tired but he was pulling Rogue into his lap. "Rogue? Rogue can you hear me?" he asked her. He then saw Wolverine. "She's breathing and has a pulse, but she's not responding to me." Bobby said. Wolverine knelt down next to him and looked at Rogue. She was barbecued. She seemed to be alive, just unconscious from all the pain. Wolverine healed fast and pain usually didn't last to long for him, except burns. Burns still hurt like hell to him. He knew what she was feeling wasn't good. "She's unconscious but I think she'll be fine. Lets get out of here." He said picking Rogue up. "What can we do? We are still in battle!" Bobby asked. "No, we've lost. Somehow, even though we outnumber then, we lost. Come on." Wolverine said and they jumped in the water. He turned back and whistled. Cyclops saw him and nodded. He whistled too and soon all the X-Men were in full retreat. He could here Magneto behind him. "I hope you drop by again soon." He spat at them. Wolverine did the best to ignore it. He had Rogue on mind. Soon they reached the jet and he brought her inside. He laid her on a bed in the back. Jean followed them back there and took over Rogue's care. Wolverine sat down with the others. His blood was boiling. He tried to relax, but was as tense as ever. Rogue had better pull through this. That kid meant something to him.
John's eyes opened slowly. There was an intense pain throbbing in his chest. He tried to sit up, but it hurt too much. Then he suddenly remembered what had happened. Rogue! I hurt her, may have even killed her! Then he remembered Wolverine.killing him? Well then, he was definatly in Hell; he wasn't good enough for Heaven. He finally focused his eyes and found himself looking into a pair of bright yellow eyes. "Yup, definatly Hell." He muttered to himself. "What did you say?" Mystique asked him. "I was thinking that I had to be in Hell, and then I saw you and I know you wouldn't be in Heaven either, so I decided that we are in Hell." John said. "I'm sure you wish you were in Hell little fireman, but your not that lucky. You're still here, in your own living Hell." Mystique said bitterly. "Darn, I really was hoping I was out of here." John said attempting to sit up. Mystique put on hand on his back and she grasped his own hand with the other. She then helped him to sit up on his elbows. It hurt a lot but he wanted to see how badly he was injured, he didn't want to take Mystiques word for it. He hissed when he felt the pain stab in again. "You shouldn't press yourself, it'll hurt." Mystique said with a smile. "No shit?" he asked sarcastically.
"Now that your awake." Mystique said. Pyro was about to question her on what she meant when Mystique whipped out two metal cuffs and clamped them about his wrists and down to the metal table he was on. "What are you doing?" John asked trying to free himself. "Did you forget? You are still a prisoner here. Your not going anywhere and we aren't taking any chances with you, especially after that little number you did on those whiney teenage brats out there. We knew you would be a powerful weapon." Mystique said. John tried to hide the guilt he felt after she said that. He still didn't know if Rogue was okay. Mystique's face changed. "Oh, did I hit a sore spot? I thought you'd have some sort of remark for that. You have a think for that chic?" Mystique asked sitting down next to him. "No, and even if I did, I wouldn't tell you would I?" he said coolly. "Oh, alright then. Cause you know, if you would have said yes," she paused, then changed into Rogue, "Maybe I could have helped you out." She said in Rogues voice. He tried to take his eyes off her and look disgusted, but it was difficult. "Are you sure you don't feel anything special, around in here?" she said poking at his chest where his heart is. "Positive, now get your hand off me." He said, sounding as bitter as ever. "I don't think I gotta. Your not in charge here, your on the bottom of the chain sir." She said, tracing her fingers up and down his chest. He turned his face away, disgusted. He struggled against the cuffs, but they were tight. She then laid her head down against his chest and sighed deeply. He tried to shake her off, but she just held tighter. "Will you please get off me?" He asked. She bolted up. "Of coarse, not that you realize that I'm in charge of you." She said. She sat up and stretched as she changed from Rogue back to Mystique. "Magneto will be down in a while to take you back to your room." Mystique said as she left. Right now he wished with all his heart that he was back at school, in one of Storm's boring classes, or playing a game with Bobby and Rogue. He just wanted to be home, and it didn't look like he would be getting there anytime soon.
Rogue woke up late the next day. She couldn't see very well, all she saw was white. Then she heard something. "Marie? Marie? Marie can you hear me? It's Bobby. Please answer me." She heard Bobby calling her. She managed to turn her head to face him and she saw him smile. "Oh Marie your finally awake. You've been out for over 24 hours now. I was so worried about you. How are you feeling? Mrs. Summers will be here any minute." Bobby asked her all in one breath. "I feel, a little groggy, but I seem to be okay." She said. "Do you remember what happened?" Bobby asked. "Yah, as much as I saw. What happened to the X-Men?" She asked. "We all made it out fine with just a few minor injuries except me and you who have nice burn marks to show." Bobby said with smile. Marie then remembered that she didn't know what happened after she blacked out. "What happened to John?" She could barely conceal the desperation in her voice. "Oh he got what was coming to him." Bobby said with a smile. Her heart almost seemed to fall. "What? What happened Bobby?" she asked again. "Wolverine happened to him. Wolverine ran his straight through with his claws." Bobby said wearing a happy smile. Rogues heart dropped along with her mouth. "He's dead?" she asked. Why am I getting so worked up over him? I mean he was a friend, but I never loved him.did I? "I hope so. I didn't see him die, but I saw him getting ran through. You should have seen his eyes." Bobby said. "He looked so surprised." Bobby said trying not to laugh. Rogue couldn't believe what she was hearing. Could he really be dead? "You shouldn't wish death onto people, it's not good to do." She said. "It's just Pyro, it's not as if anyone cares. He's evil, he almost killed you, he deserves to die." Bobby declared. "He's not just Pyro Bobby. John used to be your best friend, how could you say that you don't care if he's even alive?" she asked, not believing that Bobby would say something like that. "He's not John anymore Rogue! Don't you see? He's Pyro, not John. John was our friend. Pyro betrayed us and he doesn't deserve to live." Bobby said. Rogue still shook her head. "I hope he isn't dead. Wouldn't you want him back on our side if we could get him back?" she asked. "Nope." Bobby said, not even considering it. "Well I do." She said. "You care to much for him, let him go. Even if he miraculously survives this one, he won't live long. The X-Men will hunt him down with Magneto and the others. He will die no matter what. You should just move on without him, it's gonna save you lots of pain and tears over a dick like him." Bobby said. "Maybe, you shouldn't get over people so quickly, maybe you should learn to forgive and forget once or twice." She said. "Not after what's he's done to all of us, to you. I will never forgive him." He said. "Never? Not even if he were to save my life and yours? Maybe with the rest of the X-Men? Not even then?" she asked. "Okay, I'd forgive him then, but that isn't gonna happen anyway." Bobby said. Just then Jean walked in. "Morning Marie. Let's see how your doing." She said grabbing some things. She sighed and relaxed. She hoped that the dream she had just had would someday come true. John will come home to be with me. I mean with us.
Well that's it for now. I hope it was good enough for now. I'll update again as soon as I can. Please review. I need those reviews. Thanks,
Obiwanfan