Before Toad realized what was going his fellow Brotherhood members had left off the ledge and had started to attack the 4 members of the X-men. He stood there and watched in a state of shock. He watched as Sabertooth and Quicksilver went after Cyclops. Before he could react, Cyclops was picked up and thrown into a metal dumpster. As Cyclops laid against the dumpster he tried to use his optic blast to hit anyone who came near. His efforts were useless as Quicksilver used his superspeed to taunt and mock Cyclops, shouting "Come on, hit me." every time a blast missed him. Jean Grey meanwhile was trying to fight off 2 other Brotherhood members. Toad looked away. He couldn't bare to look to see who was going after Holly. He and Holly had been afraid that one day they would end up in a fight against each other. They dreaded the day that it would happen, but after a year the idea seemed to disappear. Now there it was the fight Toad had never wanted to happen. He had promised Holly he would always be there for her and that he would aways protect her. Yet there he stood stand-by just watching as she got beat-up. It pained him to think of it. He felt rage build up. He wanted to go out there and protect her, but if he did then he would be kicked out of the Brotherhood. Then where would he go? No, he would be lucky if they just kicked him out. Magneto would probably have him killed. He looked back down at the alleyway. He saw Holly fighting Mystique. He felt every muscle in go tense.

Holly dodged Mystique's fist. She did a high kick and hit Mystique in the head. Mystique fell, but bounced back up before Holly could react. Holly got hit in the stomach. She grabbed her stomach and backed up. She heard Mystique laugh at her. Holly stood up and ran at Mystique. Mystique jumped over her. "Is that all you've got, X-man?" Mystique asked tauntingly. Holly turned, but didn't try to get her again. "Well?" Mystique asked. Holly concentrated. "Are you just going to..." Before Mystique could finish her sentence her heartbeat skipped. Holly smiled and then used the distraction to ran over and kicked the breath out of Mystique. "How's that?" Holly asked as she stood over Mystique. Holly then was about to kick Mystique when she felt her feet leave the ground. Next thing she knew she was flying through the air heading for a brick wall. As she was about to hit it, she closed her eyes and waited for the impact. Though, the impact never came, she still felt herself flying. 'Maybe I hit the wall and died instantly.' She thought to herself. She opened her eyes and was surprised. "Toad?!" She said his name in disbelief. He had jumped to save to her and they were landing. When they hit the ground he jumped behind a dumpster. "What..." Holly was about to ask, but Toad interrupted her. "Get out of here" He said. "I can't" She said. "I didn't ask you. I'm telling you to get the hell out of here!" He said. "Why is it that people think they can just order me around? I'm not a child!" Holly said and started to stand up. Toad pulled her back down. "Look, I can't protect you out there. If you stay, your on your own." Toad said. "That's fine with me." She said. Toad sighed. "But it's not fine with me. I don't want to see you get hurt." He said. "Then you shouldn't have come." Holly said. "I didn't have a choice." He said. Holly looked at him. She then looked back around the dumpster to see how the fight was going. Jean, Scott and Iceman were trying to fight off the 5 brotherhood members. "I can't just leave them." Holly said. "Why don't you leave...I mean it's not like they need you.". "I can't, not knowing your here." Toad said. Holly turned back to face him. She kissed him. "I'll be fine trust me." She said. "I'm not leaving you here." He said. Holly starred into his eyes. She didn't know what to tell him. She wasn't leaving and he wasn't leaving. She was about to tell him that they were just going to have to fight on their own sides, when she felt someone coming. "Someone's coming." She said. She couldn't tell who it was, but she knew it had to be one of the Brotherhood members. So she just threw herself away from the dumpster as if she had been thrown. She looked sideways to see who it was. It was Iceman. She quickly lifted herself up, but before she could say anything, she saw Iceman ran at Toad. Toad jumped away from him, but Iceman started to shoot ice at him. Toad kept dodging the ice balls. Holly stood up. She didn't know what to do. She couldn't tell Iceman to stop, but then if she didn't then Toad would get hurt. One of the Ice shots hit Toad in the shoulder, sending him crashing to the ground. Blood started to seep through his shirt. Iceman went over to Toad. "This is for Holly." He said and kicked Toad in the stomach. Holly wanted to go and rip Iceman's heart out. Her eyes glowed red. She starred hard into Iceman. Iceman suddenly fell to the ground grabbing at his chest. Holly blinked and her eyes were back to normal. Without meaning to she had made Iceman's heart nearly stop. She stood there in shock. She could barely even feel herself standing there. It was as if she was having an out of body experience. She looked around to see if anyone had seen what happened , but she couldn't see that Mystique, disguised to blend in the a nearby wall, had watched the whole thing. Though, she wasn't completely sure it. Holly quickly went over and pulled Iceman away from Toad. She mouthed 'Get out of here' to Toad. This time he made no argument. He got up and stumbled down another passage of the alleyway. Holly looked behind her to see how the X- men were doing and was relieved to see that Wolverine and Nightcrawler had shown up. They were helping Jean and Cyclops beat the living life out the brotherhood members. Nightcrawler saw Holly and teleported over. "What happen to him?" Nightcrawler asked. "He got attacked.....can you get him out of here?" Holly asked already passing Iceman to Nightcrawler. Nightcrawler nodded and teleported away. Holly then turned to go back and help the other X-men. "Holly" She heard Toad say her name. She whirreled around. She went over to him. "I told you to get out of here." Holly said. "I know, but I just couldn't leave you." He said. "Toad, please...I saw how hard you hit the ground and plus your bleeding." She said in a begging voice. Toad looked into her eyes. "Do you love me?" He asked. Holly frowned. She couldn't believe he asked her that at such a weird moment. "Of course I love you, but why..." She said, but Toad cut her off. "Ok, I'll leave." He said and disappeared down the same way he had before. She stood there not sure what had just happened. Then she felt someone grab her arm. She quickly turned around. It was Wolverine. "You ok, kid?" He asked her. "Oh, yea..I'm fine" She said sounding like she was out of breath. "Good then come on. We're out of here." He said. Holly nodded and followed Wolverine back to the car. After Holly had left Toad came out from the other alleyway. He watched Holly leave. Then transformed back into Mystique.

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The next day:
Holly knocked on Toad's door. "Toad, it's Holly!" She called out. She had been calling his house throughout the day, but he hadn't answered. So there she was at 7:00 in the evening trying to see if he was alive or not. There was no answer. She listened for any noise inside, but there was none. She tried the doorknob to see if the door was locked, it wasn't. She opened the door and stepped inside. The place looked normal. Nothing looked out of the ordinary. "Mortimer?" She called out his birth name. She listened, but heard nothing. It was strange for him to be gone all day. He usually called her and after the fight yesterday she had thought he would be in bed all day. She turned to leave, but turned back around when she heard a loud clash come from the bathroom. She hurried to the bathroom and went to open the door, but it was locked. "Mortimer, are you in there?" She asked. " I heard a clash...I KNOW your in there". "Holly, please just go" He called back. "What's going on? Have you been here all day?" She asked. "Go away, Holly" He said. "Mortimer, just let me in" She said trying the knob again. "No! Just go away!!" He yelled. "Not until you tell me what's wrong!" Holly yelled back. The bathroom door flew open, almost hitting Holly. Toad stood there. He had a black eye and other bruises on his body. Holly didn't know what to say. "How...what...?" Words just stumbled out of her mouth. "They found out." He said. Tears came to Holly's eyes. Toad moved closer to her and she threw her arms around him. He winced in pain, but said nothing. "I'm so sorry" She said through tears. "Don't blame yourself." He said. She continued to cry. He held her close to him. "What are we going to do?" She asked him. "I don't know." He said. He had been talking in a low, emotionless voice. Holly tried to calm down her crying. "How did they find out?" She asked. "Mystique saw us and she told Magneto." He said in the same low voice. "Oh, god then it was my fault." She said as tears filled her eyes. "No, Holly, don't blame yourself! I love you. I would get beaten like this everyday if it meant I would get to be with you." He almost yelled it out to her. She looked deep into his eyes. "Nobody can take what we have, Holly." He said to her. "Not Magneto, not Xavier, not anyone.". She kissed him. She loved him so much. "Toad, I love you...oh, words can't describe how much I love you" She said and continued to kiss him.