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Pietro's POV
Gym. Oh yay. Note my sarcasm. Oh and we're running laps today. Joy of joys. At least with running laps I can get a bit of entertainment by superspeeding around in between laps so fast that no one notices I'm doing anything but running regular laps. It helps with the boredom a little.
I'm not even breaking a sweat but apparently this is actually hard for non me people since everyone else is dripping.
"Ok drop and give me 20!" The coach yells. We all drop pretty much everyone with groans. I force my self to go slow since I've learned the hard way that if I super speed my way though I get yelled at for not doing it and have to do another 20 slowly anyway.
"Back up and running!" We all jump to our feet and start running again.
With my mutation what is painfully long to the others seems like years to me. And I'm not even a tiny bit tired yet!
"Alright hit the showers!" It's over! Finely! Even though I'm not even slightly damp I shower and change.
I leave the locker room at slightly less then my normal speed glad to be free and cursing my self for thinking staying in school was a good idea.
"Pietro! Wait a minute! I have to talk to you!" I groan as Jean calls out to me running to catch up as I stop.
"What do you want Red?" I ask glaring at her as she stops at my side.
"Uh maybe we should talk some where a little more privet? We really have to talk and I don't think you want the whole school hearing this." She whispers grabbing my arm and half dragging me into a empty class room.
"All right all right we're alone nowwhatdoyouwant?!" I growl yanking my arm out of her grip. I'm really starting to get annoyed with X-Geeks physically dragging me places.
"You know what we have to talk about! I know what's be going on with you Pietro! You need help!" Ugh. This is really annoying.
"Look Red I don't know what you think you know but I don't need any help!" I insist hoping maybe I was wrong about her knowing.
"Pietro you've been cutting your self! It's not healthy! You could do permanent damage, accidentally cut a nerve, accidentally cut too deep and bleed to death and a thousand other things! You need to get some help about this!" She insists.
I sigh and rub my face. "Look Red if you've been in my head then you know I'm not cutting any more and I'm totally recovered from when I was cutting. SoIdon'tneedanyhelp! Nowleavemealone!" I turn to towards the door and find my self suddenly floating in midair.
"I'm sorry but I can't let you just leave! This is serious Pietro! You have to have major issues to start cutting and they don't just disappear over night! You need to see a doctor or a counselor. I can talk to The Professor. He can help you Pietro." Jean keeps on insisting. God I want to hit her.
I cross my arms over my chest and glare at her. "I'm fine. I don't need any help and I'm not talking to anyone! Now will you just go back to your X- Freaks andleavemethehellalone?!" I yell at her.
Jean shakes her head. "I can't do that! No matter what you say you need help. I know we're not friends but I'm worried about you. I know what you've been going though and you have to talk about it. You can't just let things fester you'll just end up hurting your self again! If you won't talk to a doctor or The Professor at least talk to me. Maybe I can help at least a little."
"Fine! If it'll get you off my back I'll talk to you! I'll call ya later and make an appointment ok? Put me down already!" I tell her rolling my eyes.
"Oh yeah like I'm going to buy that! I put you down and you'll run off and never get the help you need! We're going back to the mansion right now!" I stare at her in disbelief.
"There's a couple more hours of school!" I say quickly hoping to keep from being dragged to the Institute for the second time in two days.
"Well then we'll just have to ditch. Not like it'll be a first time for you will it?" She says looking at me in amusement as she peeks out the door then walks out with me floating behind her though the empty halls.
"You're going to ditch?! Jean Gray Miss Perfect straight A's is going to ditch school?!" I yelp gawking at her.
"I can handle a few hours of ditching for the sake of your health." I stare at her in disbelief.
She glances over her shoulder and grins. "Shut your mouth before something flies in there." My mouth slams shut but I keeps staring at her. Jean Gray skipping school. Will wonders never cease?!
Its not that big a deal you know. It won't be the end of the world for me to miss a few classes if it helps me save your life. I snarl and glare when I hear her in my head. 'Stay the hell out of my head!'
Jean sighs and rubs her temples. "Pietro I'm trying to help you here. The least you can do is be a bit more grateful!"
Grateful?! Grateful?! I'm supposed to be grateful that I'm being kidnapped?! Oh hell this little mind reader is going to pay! I smirk evilly as I begin to sing loudly in my thoughts. 'THIS IS THE SONG THAT DOESN'T END! YES IT GOES ON AND ON MY FRIEND! SOME PEOPLE STARTED SINGING IT NOT KNOWING WHAT IT WAS AND THEY'LL CONTINUE SINGING IT FOREVER JUST BECAUSE THIS IS THE SONG THAT DOESN'T END! YES IT GOES ON AND ON MY FRIEND! SOME PEOPLE STARTED SINGING IT NOT KNOWING WHAT IT WAS AND THEY'LL CONTINUE SINGING IT FOREVER JUST BECAUSE...' I grin when she visibly cringes and holds her head. I keep projecting at her singing as loud as my thoughts will go determined to make her as miserable as I am if she's going to make me go though with this.
"Ugh. Pietro please!" Jean moans as she loses concentration and drops me.
"Sorry Jeany but you mess with the best and you pay!" Before I can run off suddenly she has me again and before I can start my up singing again everything goes black.
Normal POV
Jean shook her head rubbing her temples. "Ok note to self. Next time knock Pietro out FIRST before trying to take him home. Much easier."
Jean picked him up with her powers again and started walking towards the Institute again.
Jean walked into the institute and started up the stairs when The Professor spoke to her in her head Jean? What are you doing home from school so early? And why is Pietro with you?
Jean cringed. "Ok I'm deeply stupid." Uh well you see it's a really, really long story but the short version is Pietro is in trouble and needs help so I'm sort of planing a one woman intervention.
Jean I expect the full story later and hope you know what you are doing. If you find you've gotten in over your head do not hesitate to ask for help if something is serious.
Jean was shocked that The Professor was actually letting her so this. I will. I mean if I need help I'll ask for it right away! She said quickly as she started up the stairs again wanting to get Pietro up there before he woke up.
Pietro's POV
Owwww. Ugh. I feel like I got run over by a truck! What the hell hit me?! I try to move my arm to rub my face and freeze when my arm won't move. "WHATTHEHELLISGOINGONHERE?! WHYCAN'TIMOVE?!" I screech suddenly fully awake at the realization that I can't move.
"I duct taped you to the chair. Couldn't risk you running away. And can you take the volume down a few pegs?" I gawk at Jean in shock. Not only did she kidnap me she knocked me out and duct taped me to a chair!! She's gone insane!!
"I'm not insane Pietro I'm just trying to help you. Now why don't you tell me about your feelings?" Jean asks me crossing her legs as she sits on the end of her bed.
"You know I've lived with terrifying people. The Brotherhood, my father, my sister, Pyro, the other Acolytes. But you beat out all of them." I tell her.
I can see her annoyance growing. The part of me not marveling at her insanity is amused.
"Pietro! No! No ok I know what you're doing. I won't let you distract me Pietro. You need help and you're going to get whither you like it or not."
I narrow my eyes at her. "You'll never take me alive! Mwhahahahahaha!!"
Jean moaned and held her head. "Ok I'm going to go get some aspirin. We'll try this again when I get back." She gets up and leaves the room closing the door after her.
I wait what I think is a good amount of time, but being I'm me it's probably only 5 seconds after she left the room, then start screaming my head off. "HELP! FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THATS HOLY SOMEONE HELP ME!!!"
I pause and wait to see if anyone comes. Nothing. Ok try again! "HELP!!! SOMEBODY HELP ME!!! I'VE BEEN KIDNAPPED BY A INSANE PSYCHO RED HEAD!!! SAVE ME!!!"
After a few seconds the door slowly opens and a head pokes in "Maximoff? What the hell are you doing here?!" Oh great. Someone comes and it's Daniels! ARGH! Well at least it's someone!
"Stop gawking and get this duct tape off me before she comes back! God only knows what unholy things she has planed for me!" I rant glaring at Evan.
Evan raises an eyebrow but steps into the room, pops out a spike and uses it to cut me lose. "Ok so now tell me what are you doing here?"
"Not here!" As soon as I'm lose I jump up and grabbed Evan pulling him with me not stopping till we're a few miles away from The X-Mansion.
"PIETRO! Jeez! What the hell was that?!" Evan gasps once we stop and I let him go.
"Oh what are you complaining about?! I didn't even go that fast! We didn't even break the sound barrier! We should be safe the the Psycho Red head here."
Evan stares at me shaking his head. "Dude you are messed up! 'Didn't even break the sound barrier?!? And will you just tell me why Jean kidnapped you already?!"
"I was just walking along the hallway minding my own business when she grabbed me and dragged me into a classroom then she started to drag me off to the mansion but I gave her a major headache with 'The Song The Doesn't End' so she knocked me out and when I woke up i was at the mansion duct taped to the chair! And.. hey! Waitaminute! What were you doing at the mansion?! You're ditching! First her now you?! What is going on with you X- Geeks?!" I yell pacing back and forth in front of Evan.
"Uh Pietro school got out about 20 minutes ago. And why would Jean want to ditch school to kidnap You?" Evan asked giving me a strange look.
"Iwasouthatlong?! WhatthefreakinghelldidsheDOtome?!" I yell feeling really annoyed.
Evan rolls his eyes and crosses his arms. "Oh calm down. Not like she had her wicked way with you or anything. Now tell me why she kidnapped you! Miss Perfect Jean Gray has to have had a damn good reason to ditch school and kidnap someone!"
"How the heck would I know?! She's psycho! Atotalnutjob! Sheshouldbelockedup!" I rant.
Evan snorted. "I think you're confusing her with you. Now where the hell are we and how to I get home?"
"Huh? Oh we're a few miles, just five or six, from The Institute." I say casually as I lean against a tree.
"FIVE OR SIX MILES?! How the hell did we get five or six miles away in 10 seconds?!" Evan screeches at me. Heh. he's cute when he's freaking out. DAMN IT! No he is not! He's NOT cute!
"Well I told you I was going slow. If I went much faster we might have made it out of state in that amount of time. Of course carrying yourfatassslowedmedownabit." I tell him cheerfully.
Evan looks ready to hit me. Just incase I get ready to dodge. "Get me back to the institute NOW or I will not be held responsible for what I do to you!"
A smirk crosses my face. "Oooooh is wittle Spykey all angry? Whatyagonnado? Impale me?" I ask pushing back bad, bad, BAD thoughts at my word choice.
He looks even more pissed now and I can see spykes starting to poke out of his skin. "Maximoff if I'm not back at the Institute in 10 seconds you are going to be shishcabob!"
I laugh, roll my eyes then grab him and have him back at the gates of the Institute before he can blink. "HappynowSpykey?"
Evan grabs onto the gate looking like he's going to hurl. "Dude. How the hell do you do that every day all day?!"
"I'm built for speed! And it wasn't even that fast! I mean If I really wanted to I could have taken you to Disney World in just seconds longer then it took to get here!" I brag. Ok I'm lying. It'd be more like a minute. Maybe two.
"Maximoff man you're bleeding!" Evan yells suddenly pointing at my arm. I glance down at the row of deep holes that are already starting to close. "Well duuuuuh! You ARE totally covered in sharp pieces of bone ya know!" I tell him rolling my eyes.
"Stop being such a jerk and get inside before you bleed to death!" Evan growls glaring at me. Awww how sweet! He cares! He doesn't want me to die! He loves me! And I did NOT just think that!
"It's fine. Already healing. It'll be gone before I'm even home." I say dismissing the wounds.
Evan looks startled at the wounds being almost healed already. "Whoa. That's a handy thing man."
"Yeah. Well thanks for the save from the psycho psychic! See ya!" I race off before he can reply.
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Pietro's POV
Gym. Oh yay. Note my sarcasm. Oh and we're running laps today. Joy of joys. At least with running laps I can get a bit of entertainment by superspeeding around in between laps so fast that no one notices I'm doing anything but running regular laps. It helps with the boredom a little.
I'm not even breaking a sweat but apparently this is actually hard for non me people since everyone else is dripping.
"Ok drop and give me 20!" The coach yells. We all drop pretty much everyone with groans. I force my self to go slow since I've learned the hard way that if I super speed my way though I get yelled at for not doing it and have to do another 20 slowly anyway.
"Back up and running!" We all jump to our feet and start running again.
With my mutation what is painfully long to the others seems like years to me. And I'm not even a tiny bit tired yet!
"Alright hit the showers!" It's over! Finely! Even though I'm not even slightly damp I shower and change.
I leave the locker room at slightly less then my normal speed glad to be free and cursing my self for thinking staying in school was a good idea.
"Pietro! Wait a minute! I have to talk to you!" I groan as Jean calls out to me running to catch up as I stop.
"What do you want Red?" I ask glaring at her as she stops at my side.
"Uh maybe we should talk some where a little more privet? We really have to talk and I don't think you want the whole school hearing this." She whispers grabbing my arm and half dragging me into a empty class room.
"All right all right we're alone nowwhatdoyouwant?!" I growl yanking my arm out of her grip. I'm really starting to get annoyed with X-Geeks physically dragging me places.
"You know what we have to talk about! I know what's be going on with you Pietro! You need help!" Ugh. This is really annoying.
"Look Red I don't know what you think you know but I don't need any help!" I insist hoping maybe I was wrong about her knowing.
"Pietro you've been cutting your self! It's not healthy! You could do permanent damage, accidentally cut a nerve, accidentally cut too deep and bleed to death and a thousand other things! You need to get some help about this!" She insists.
I sigh and rub my face. "Look Red if you've been in my head then you know I'm not cutting any more and I'm totally recovered from when I was cutting. SoIdon'tneedanyhelp! Nowleavemealone!" I turn to towards the door and find my self suddenly floating in midair.
"I'm sorry but I can't let you just leave! This is serious Pietro! You have to have major issues to start cutting and they don't just disappear over night! You need to see a doctor or a counselor. I can talk to The Professor. He can help you Pietro." Jean keeps on insisting. God I want to hit her.
I cross my arms over my chest and glare at her. "I'm fine. I don't need any help and I'm not talking to anyone! Now will you just go back to your X- Freaks andleavemethehellalone?!" I yell at her.
Jean shakes her head. "I can't do that! No matter what you say you need help. I know we're not friends but I'm worried about you. I know what you've been going though and you have to talk about it. You can't just let things fester you'll just end up hurting your self again! If you won't talk to a doctor or The Professor at least talk to me. Maybe I can help at least a little."
"Fine! If it'll get you off my back I'll talk to you! I'll call ya later and make an appointment ok? Put me down already!" I tell her rolling my eyes.
"Oh yeah like I'm going to buy that! I put you down and you'll run off and never get the help you need! We're going back to the mansion right now!" I stare at her in disbelief.
"There's a couple more hours of school!" I say quickly hoping to keep from being dragged to the Institute for the second time in two days.
"Well then we'll just have to ditch. Not like it'll be a first time for you will it?" She says looking at me in amusement as she peeks out the door then walks out with me floating behind her though the empty halls.
"You're going to ditch?! Jean Gray Miss Perfect straight A's is going to ditch school?!" I yelp gawking at her.
"I can handle a few hours of ditching for the sake of your health." I stare at her in disbelief.
She glances over her shoulder and grins. "Shut your mouth before something flies in there." My mouth slams shut but I keeps staring at her. Jean Gray skipping school. Will wonders never cease?!
Its not that big a deal you know. It won't be the end of the world for me to miss a few classes if it helps me save your life. I snarl and glare when I hear her in my head. 'Stay the hell out of my head!'
Jean sighs and rubs her temples. "Pietro I'm trying to help you here. The least you can do is be a bit more grateful!"
Grateful?! Grateful?! I'm supposed to be grateful that I'm being kidnapped?! Oh hell this little mind reader is going to pay! I smirk evilly as I begin to sing loudly in my thoughts. 'THIS IS THE SONG THAT DOESN'T END! YES IT GOES ON AND ON MY FRIEND! SOME PEOPLE STARTED SINGING IT NOT KNOWING WHAT IT WAS AND THEY'LL CONTINUE SINGING IT FOREVER JUST BECAUSE THIS IS THE SONG THAT DOESN'T END! YES IT GOES ON AND ON MY FRIEND! SOME PEOPLE STARTED SINGING IT NOT KNOWING WHAT IT WAS AND THEY'LL CONTINUE SINGING IT FOREVER JUST BECAUSE...' I grin when she visibly cringes and holds her head. I keep projecting at her singing as loud as my thoughts will go determined to make her as miserable as I am if she's going to make me go though with this.
"Ugh. Pietro please!" Jean moans as she loses concentration and drops me.
"Sorry Jeany but you mess with the best and you pay!" Before I can run off suddenly she has me again and before I can start my up singing again everything goes black.
Normal POV
Jean shook her head rubbing her temples. "Ok note to self. Next time knock Pietro out FIRST before trying to take him home. Much easier."
Jean picked him up with her powers again and started walking towards the Institute again.
Jean walked into the institute and started up the stairs when The Professor spoke to her in her head Jean? What are you doing home from school so early? And why is Pietro with you?
Jean cringed. "Ok I'm deeply stupid." Uh well you see it's a really, really long story but the short version is Pietro is in trouble and needs help so I'm sort of planing a one woman intervention.
Jean I expect the full story later and hope you know what you are doing. If you find you've gotten in over your head do not hesitate to ask for help if something is serious.
Jean was shocked that The Professor was actually letting her so this. I will. I mean if I need help I'll ask for it right away! She said quickly as she started up the stairs again wanting to get Pietro up there before he woke up.
Pietro's POV
Owwww. Ugh. I feel like I got run over by a truck! What the hell hit me?! I try to move my arm to rub my face and freeze when my arm won't move. "WHATTHEHELLISGOINGONHERE?! WHYCAN'TIMOVE?!" I screech suddenly fully awake at the realization that I can't move.
"I duct taped you to the chair. Couldn't risk you running away. And can you take the volume down a few pegs?" I gawk at Jean in shock. Not only did she kidnap me she knocked me out and duct taped me to a chair!! She's gone insane!!
"I'm not insane Pietro I'm just trying to help you. Now why don't you tell me about your feelings?" Jean asks me crossing her legs as she sits on the end of her bed.
"You know I've lived with terrifying people. The Brotherhood, my father, my sister, Pyro, the other Acolytes. But you beat out all of them." I tell her.
I can see her annoyance growing. The part of me not marveling at her insanity is amused.
"Pietro! No! No ok I know what you're doing. I won't let you distract me Pietro. You need help and you're going to get whither you like it or not."
I narrow my eyes at her. "You'll never take me alive! Mwhahahahahaha!!"
Jean moaned and held her head. "Ok I'm going to go get some aspirin. We'll try this again when I get back." She gets up and leaves the room closing the door after her.
I wait what I think is a good amount of time, but being I'm me it's probably only 5 seconds after she left the room, then start screaming my head off. "HELP! FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THATS HOLY SOMEONE HELP ME!!!"
I pause and wait to see if anyone comes. Nothing. Ok try again! "HELP!!! SOMEBODY HELP ME!!! I'VE BEEN KIDNAPPED BY A INSANE PSYCHO RED HEAD!!! SAVE ME!!!"
After a few seconds the door slowly opens and a head pokes in "Maximoff? What the hell are you doing here?!" Oh great. Someone comes and it's Daniels! ARGH! Well at least it's someone!
"Stop gawking and get this duct tape off me before she comes back! God only knows what unholy things she has planed for me!" I rant glaring at Evan.
Evan raises an eyebrow but steps into the room, pops out a spike and uses it to cut me lose. "Ok so now tell me what are you doing here?"
"Not here!" As soon as I'm lose I jump up and grabbed Evan pulling him with me not stopping till we're a few miles away from The X-Mansion.
"PIETRO! Jeez! What the hell was that?!" Evan gasps once we stop and I let him go.
"Oh what are you complaining about?! I didn't even go that fast! We didn't even break the sound barrier! We should be safe the the Psycho Red head here."
Evan stares at me shaking his head. "Dude you are messed up! 'Didn't even break the sound barrier?!? And will you just tell me why Jean kidnapped you already?!"
"I was just walking along the hallway minding my own business when she grabbed me and dragged me into a classroom then she started to drag me off to the mansion but I gave her a major headache with 'The Song The Doesn't End' so she knocked me out and when I woke up i was at the mansion duct taped to the chair! And.. hey! Waitaminute! What were you doing at the mansion?! You're ditching! First her now you?! What is going on with you X- Geeks?!" I yell pacing back and forth in front of Evan.
"Uh Pietro school got out about 20 minutes ago. And why would Jean want to ditch school to kidnap You?" Evan asked giving me a strange look.
"Iwasouthatlong?! WhatthefreakinghelldidsheDOtome?!" I yell feeling really annoyed.
Evan rolls his eyes and crosses his arms. "Oh calm down. Not like she had her wicked way with you or anything. Now tell me why she kidnapped you! Miss Perfect Jean Gray has to have had a damn good reason to ditch school and kidnap someone!"
"How the heck would I know?! She's psycho! Atotalnutjob! Sheshouldbelockedup!" I rant.
Evan snorted. "I think you're confusing her with you. Now where the hell are we and how to I get home?"
"Huh? Oh we're a few miles, just five or six, from The Institute." I say casually as I lean against a tree.
"FIVE OR SIX MILES?! How the hell did we get five or six miles away in 10 seconds?!" Evan screeches at me. Heh. he's cute when he's freaking out. DAMN IT! No he is not! He's NOT cute!
"Well I told you I was going slow. If I went much faster we might have made it out of state in that amount of time. Of course carrying yourfatassslowedmedownabit." I tell him cheerfully.
Evan looks ready to hit me. Just incase I get ready to dodge. "Get me back to the institute NOW or I will not be held responsible for what I do to you!"
A smirk crosses my face. "Oooooh is wittle Spykey all angry? Whatyagonnado? Impale me?" I ask pushing back bad, bad, BAD thoughts at my word choice.
He looks even more pissed now and I can see spykes starting to poke out of his skin. "Maximoff if I'm not back at the Institute in 10 seconds you are going to be shishcabob!"
I laugh, roll my eyes then grab him and have him back at the gates of the Institute before he can blink. "HappynowSpykey?"
Evan grabs onto the gate looking like he's going to hurl. "Dude. How the hell do you do that every day all day?!"
"I'm built for speed! And it wasn't even that fast! I mean If I really wanted to I could have taken you to Disney World in just seconds longer then it took to get here!" I brag. Ok I'm lying. It'd be more like a minute. Maybe two.
"Maximoff man you're bleeding!" Evan yells suddenly pointing at my arm. I glance down at the row of deep holes that are already starting to close. "Well duuuuuh! You ARE totally covered in sharp pieces of bone ya know!" I tell him rolling my eyes.
"Stop being such a jerk and get inside before you bleed to death!" Evan growls glaring at me. Awww how sweet! He cares! He doesn't want me to die! He loves me! And I did NOT just think that!
"It's fine. Already healing. It'll be gone before I'm even home." I say dismissing the wounds.
Evan looks startled at the wounds being almost healed already. "Whoa. That's a handy thing man."
"Yeah. Well thanks for the save from the psycho psychic! See ya!" I race off before he can reply.