"Ivy. I thought you…died." Pyro whispered.

"No. When that debris fell on top a' meh, it sorta' protected meh from the fire and I managed to escape."

Pyro put his hands on her shoulders and looked into her deep green eyes, "Ivy, I 'ave teh tell you sumthin. That fire was no accedent."

"Wut?"

Pyro bit his lip. He had to tell her, "It was meh."

Ivy froze, "Wutdaya' mean?"

"I…I'm the one 'o started the fire. Not the stove. It was my fault all along. I'm so sorry."

"But, 'ow is that possible?"

"I'm mutant don't you get it?" Pyro said, "I killed them, not the stove. I's not the one 'o stared the fire."

Ivy sighed, "John, i's okay. I'm jus like you." Ivy held out her hand and a small ball of fire appeared, "I can create fire, but I can't control it." She explained.

The fire moved from her hand to Pyro's and it disappeared, "I'm the exact opposite."

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"So Pyro is sumwhere in this base?" Rogue asked.

Gambit's eyes flickered red, "Yea, an'…"

But he was cut off by the sound of someone running.

"Wut?"

"Do youh hear that?"

Rogue listened carefully, "Yea, wut is it?"

Suddenly, Tabitha emerged from the darkness with a surprised expression on her face, "Rogue? Gambit? What are you guys doin here?"

They glanced at each other.

"Um…nothing." Rogue replied, "Wut ahr you doin' here?"

Tabitha stopped to catch her breath, "It's John…"

"So Pyro is here. Why?" Gambit asked quickly.

"Because he was worried about you and wanted to help. We all did."

Rogue cocked her head, "We?"

"Yes, as in the X-Men but right now you have help John. There's something goin on with him. It's like he just disappeared."

"Was there a blindin bright light?"

"Yea."

Gambit nodded and they followed Tabitha into the darkness to find Pyro.

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"But I dun understand, 'ow did you manage teh survive all these years?"

Ivy smiled, "I was put into a' orphanage after sumone found me. There I learned the control my powers, very well I might say."

"Yeah, I still 'ave yet the master that."

Ivy looked to the ground and was about to say something, but a loud explosion sound from behind her and John. They both looked to see what had happened when suddenly, Gambit walked in along with Tabitha and Rogue.

Pyro stared at them in confusion, "Wha' ahr you guys doin 'ere?"

Gambit's expression remained serious, "Pyro, listen to me, none of this is real. None of it. This is just a clever visual metaphor that…"

"Remy, I dunno if you can see, but, that isn't an image."

'Damn, I shouldn't have used such big words on him.' Gambit thought, "Pyro, please. This is all fake. It's not real. This is all Mesero's doing. Please, just trust me."

"No!" He yelled, "I finally found meh sister. After all these years of me thinking she was dead, I find out that she's not. This is no 'image' damnit."

Gambit sighed. He looked around him and picked up a rock, but it just fazed right through his hand, "See. This isn't real John. Please believe me. And if you can't then just trust me. I wouldn't lie to you about something like this. I'm your friend, John. Please just trust me as one."

Pyro just stared at him, unable to speak. He looked down at his sister, "Ivy, what was our dog's name?"

Ivy thought for a moment, "Rover. Why?"

Pyro looked down at her. He put his hand on her shoulder and whispered something into her ear. She looked up at him in confusion but he slowly began to walk away towards Gambit.

"Thank you John, Ah kno…"

"Jus save it fer right now." He retorted.

Tabihta came up to him, "What did you say to her.?"

Pyro sighed, "We didn't have a dog."

Suddenly, another bright flash of light appeared, blinding everyone in that. The image slowly disappeared.

"Oh no, not again." Gambit sighed. He closed his eyes tight and jumped into the light. He drew out his staff and lamed it into the ground. Just then, the light disappeared revealing an old jack-in-the-bow lying on the ground with Gambit's staff sticking through it. Gambit yanked it free and looked out into the darkness, "Is tha' the best youh can do?"

"I have many more tricks up my sleeve."

Gambit turned around and saw Mesmero standing there with is hood up, "Now wut do youh what."

"I…" But he was cut off short by a blazing ball of fire swarming past him, burning half of his cape to the floor.

Everyone looked towards Pyro.

"Tha' was fer meh sister, you bastard."

Mesmero glared at him but continued on speaking, "AS I was saying before, Gambit, you are to come with me. Now."

Gambit looked over at Tabbitha, Rogue and Pyro, "You let them go, unharmed, and I will gladly follow." He said rather calmly.

Mesmero nodded, "Very well then."

A door appeared to their right. It opened slowly reveling the front area in which came in from.

"And how do Ah kno this isn't a trap?"

Mesmero walked through it himself and walked back perfectly unharmed, "See, now come with me."

"Fine." He muttered, "You guys leave now. Please."

They all willingly walked out of the room and outside to safety, 'We need to get help anyway.' Tabitha whispered.

Mesmero began to walk through a different door, Gambit following close behind.

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Poor John. I feel bad for him. (sniffle,sniffle) Oh well. My new comp is working great! It's so fast and the Internet resources are practically unlimited! It rawks! Now enough about my computer. Please review!!