A/N Ok new chapter. Hope you liked that now Aura is bad. Keep reviewing it helps much! This chapter has a little Aura/Pyro relationship development.

Aura sat uncomfortably in the helicopter. After getting in the car with Magneto she had gotten a brief explanation of he events that had recently taken place. Why hadn't she heard of any of this? She had heard about the incident on Ellis Island but she didn't know mutants were involved, she had only seen a short segment about it on a TV in a bar. And then the attack on the President. Well, yes, she had definitely heard of that, it was all over the newspapers at the news stands, and on bar TV's. And she had heard a rumor that mutants were involved. Then there's this Stryker guy, he sounded like a creep. Anyways, after that things were pretty quiet until they reached a dirt road, which led to the clearing where the helicopter was. Now they were just taking off. Mystique was flying and Magneto sat up next to her. Which left Aura alone in the back with Pyro. "So," she said, "what's your real name?"

"Pyro," he said with a grin.

"Ok, well what's your legal name then?"

"John," he said with a hint of bitterness, "what about you?"

"Lana, but I hate that name." He smiled and nodded understandingly. "So what's your story?"

"I went to the mutant school too. When that guy Stryker broke in I took off with Logan, Bobby, and Rogue. Storm found us and took us to the compound where they were keeping Professor Xavier. They wanted me to stay in the jet while they went off and got to do all the fun stuff. So I left and found Magneto. He let me come with him and I never looked back. He never tells me not to use my power and he's helped me get stronger that way. What about you? How'd you get here?"

"I grew up with a screwed up family, when I found out I was a mutant I took off. I figured since I was a mutant I could take care of myself. I wandered around for a while, never staying anywhere long. Then one time some guy was really bugging me, I thought I'd just give him a scare, but I ended up killing him. I started to run. I stole a car and just drove as far away as I could. Eventually the car broke down, unfortunately it broke down in a deserted stretch of road and I ended up walking. That's when the X-Men found me. Wolverine to be exact. I agreed to go check the school out but I didn't like it, so I took off again." Pyro smiled an evil smile.

"Those guys were always losers. Such goodie-goodies who would only use their power to 'fight the bad guys' who were, apparently, us." He snorted. "I can't believe I ever even used to look up to them. Pretty stupid huh?" He laughed. She smiled devilishly.

"Can you show me your power?" He smiled back and flipped open his lighter. He pulled the flame from it into his hand and made it grow until it was about twice the size of a baseball. "Doesn't it hurt?" He shook his head and made the flame decrease until he closed his hand over it and it disappeared. "Wow, that's amazing." He smirked.

"That's not all I can do. And what about you? That was a pretty good show of power back there on the road. What exactly does that black haze do?"

"Oh, it can heal me, and I can use it to protect me. Also I can use it to strengthen me in a fight and if I concentrate hard enough, I can kill someone without even touching them." She smiled, sweetly this time, and she thought she saw Pyro blush. She suddenly felt something sweep over her. She thought it was her power but she looked at her hand and there was no black haze. She felt a fluttery feeling in her stomach and every sense was alert. You like him, she told herself. She looked at him and her yellow eyes were sparkling.

"You've got really cool eyes," he said tentatively. She felt herself blush and looked down at her hands. Oh my god. There was a thin black haze forming around her fingers, then her hand, and up her arm. She looked up nervously at Pyro, but he didn't look afraid. "That's pretty cool," he said. "What would happen if you touched me?" His smile made her blush again.

"I- I'm not sure. I've never actually tried it before."

"Well then, let's find out shall we?" He grabbed her hand and made a gurgling sound from his throat and his eyes rolled back in his head. She panicked and let go of his hand.

"Pyro!" He looked at her mockingly and started laughing. She felt so angry and embarrassed. She looked up at the cockpit and Magneto was looking at her. She looked away, at Pyro. "Pyro, you idiot! What were you trying to do, scare me to death?!"

"Oh come on, lighten up." He still had a huge smile on his face, but he sounded apologetic. She couldn't stay mad at him, but she punched him in the shoulder anyways, the haze was gone now. "Ooh, a tough girl, I like it." She couldn't help but laugh. Magneto just turned around in his seat, obviously annoyed by this childish behavior.

"So where are we headed exactly," she said, trying to sound serious.

"Well, we're going to the secret Brotherhood of Mutants headquarters. Otherwise known as a cave on an island. It's pretty cool though. We can stay away from humans and scheme against them. There's plenty of room, and lots of places to train. Maybe we could train together."

"What kind of training?"

"Well, weight training. Also, Mystique sometimes shows me some marshal arts moves. And Magneto helps me with my power, tries to help me focus and improve."

"Sounds like fun." After that she got tired and stared out the window, eventually falling asleep.

1 Hour Later

She woke up to someone shaking her. She looked up, it was Magneto. "Come on, we're here." She got out of the helicopter and followed him down a hallway. They emerged in a large room. "Mystique will show you where you can sleep and we'll reconvene in the morning." She nodded her head and followed Mystique down a hallway.

"Do you have anything to eat around here?" She remembered now that she hadn't even eaten the orange she had found in her bag earlier. It had been at least 10 hours since she had eaten.

"Yes, I'll show you where to get food as soon as I show you your room." They walked a little longer until they came to a door. Mystique opened it and Aura saw that the room was fairly small and simple. There was a bed in the corner, a very small dresser, a window, a desk and a chair.

She threw her bag on the bed and followed Mystique back down the hall to another room. When she opened the door Aura saw that the room was a kitchen, sort of. There was an old refrigerator and some cupboards. There was also a table with some mismatched chairs. Pyro was sitting in one of them drinking a soda. "Hey, your finally up. So, how do ya like the place," he said waving his arms around.

"It's nice. You got anything to eat? I'm starving." Her stomach growled as if to prove this point.

"Yeah, there's some food in those cupboards and pop in the fridge." She went to the cupboard and looked around. She picked out some bread and an apple. Then she went to the fridge and got a pop and some butter. She looked around but couldn't find a toaster. Then she looked at Pyro.

"Umm, you wouldn't mind toasting this for me would you?" she said holding the bread out to him. He smiled.

"Sure." He grabbed the bread from her. He then got the flame from his lighter and held it in his hand under the bread. Aura watched him and ate her apple and drank her pop. When he was done he handed it to her. The bread was now a golden brown. She buttered it and quickly ate it. "Whoa, you must have been hungry." She just smiled and got up. She went back to the cupboards and dug around some more.

When she had finally eaten enough to satisfy her growling stomach, she walked back down the hallway to her room. Once she was there she crawled into bed and instantly fell asleep.