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there'd be more of the Brotherhood.
A/N: Yes. Another Rietro. Okay, and yes, at the moment Pietro is a little out of character, but that is being blamed on the shock, savvy? Very soon, he will become the speed demon that we all know and love. Or that most of us love. Anyway, this is based on a rumor for season four that one of my friends told me, which is that after Magneto lets Wanda blast Pietro instead of himself, Pietro and Wanda talk things over and make up and then join the X-Factor when Warren starts it up. I just changed one thing.they join the X-Men instead. Hope you enjoy (and go gentle on me if you decide to flame me okay? It's my, well second, Rietro fic, but it's my first one with actual chapters.) As I go on, the chapters will get longer, I hope. We'll see how all the characters feel about that. (Yes, I'm one of those where I think-wait a minute, I know-the characters tell me what's going to happen.)
Betrayal.
The word rang through Pietro Maximoff's head as he walked--yes, walked-- beside his twin sister, Wanda. Pietro shook his head. Magneto certainly wouldn't have won any Father of the Year awards, but Pietro had never thought that he would use him as a shield.
Wanda had recently realized that the memories she had of her life weren't real. Once she had remembered that her family really hadn't been like the Waltons, she had gone after their father. When she had finally found him, she had sent a full blast of her power his way--and he had pulled Pietro in front of him. After, Pietro and Wanda had spent quite a bit of time talking about pretty much everything, including their past, and in Wanda's case, forgive if not forget. They had finally come to a mutual decision on what they felt would be the best way to stop Magneto.
But that didn't mean Pietro had to like the decision.
Joining the X-Geeks. That had seemed to be their only option to being able to stop Magneto.
So, here they were, on their way to the Institute to talk to Roller Boy about joining him.
At the moment, Pietro really hated his life.
Pietro stared at Professor Xavier as if he were an idiot. Was this guy serious? Of course, he didn't want to join the X-Men. He wouldn't fit in there anymore than Scott Summers would fit in with the Brotherhood. It was the only way to stop his father though.
"Look, let's get something straight. I'm not here to become part of your crusade. I'm here because I think that it's pretty much the only way I'm going to be able to beat my fa.Magneto. And I think that's pretty much the reason Wanda's here." Pietro told the professor. He turned to Wanda. "Am I right?"
Wanda nodded quietly before turning to look at Xavier. "I stayed in that asylum for years. And he's the one who put me there. My father will pay for what he's done to me."
Professor Xavier nodded. "I wish that the two of you were joining us for different reasons but I am glad that you are, whatever your reasons. Most of the students are outside today, but why don't I show you around right now, anyway?"
Pietro and Wanda exchanged a glance before nodding again. Pietro, somehow, had thus far managed to control himself from speeding out of the room and doing major damage to the Institute.something he would've taken great pleasure in only a couple of days ago. Now, though, he had to restrain himself.and it was killing him. Of course, just because he lived there didn't mean he couldn't cause trouble.
"And this is where the students play baseball." Professor Xavier told Pietro and Wanda as they stopped next to the bleachers. Pietro stood slightly in the shadows, for once just wanting to observe. Wanda looked at him, a little concerned. She had been doing that more and more once they had re-established their relationship, but she knew it might take a little more time for her to get completely over all the anger that she had built towards him over the years. She had noticed that ever since the incident with Magneto that Pietro had been more withdrawn than usual. It was.unnatural.
Wanda looked back at the field, noticing that Pietro was staring intensely at the X-Men and the game they were playing. As she continued to stare at him, she thought she caught a wistful note in his eyes as he listened to their laughter. They hadn't had much reason to laugh recently. Wanda followed Pietro's lead and turned back to the game.
"Agh! Professor! Jean's using her powers!" Bobby Drake, or Iceman as he was also known, yelled as Jean Grey let the ball float in front of her at the pitcher's mound. Scott "Cyclops" Summers, whose eyes weren't visible from behind his ruby quartz sunglasses, smiled from the catcher position. Professor Xavier shook his head as Jean smirked, grabbed the ball from the air, and threw it. Bobby grinned and turned the bat to ice as he hit the ball as hard as he could. As, he ran to first base, a shout was suddenly heard.
"MUTANT BALL!!!"
Kurt "Nightcrawler" Wagner bamfed into the air and caught the ball while it was in mid-flight. Scott lifted up his sunglasses to blast a hole where first base should be to stop Roberto. When the teams switched positions (though Scott had stayed catcher), Jean stopped the pitch Amara had thrown in the right spot and hit it as hard as she could. Kitty "Shadowcat" Pryde, stopped on her way to home plate from third as Kurt stepped in front of the plate, ball in hand. Quickly, she phased into the ground and then phased back up, behind him, holding home plate. Amara set the ball on fire when Ray was up to bat, causing the ball to make a hole through the bat and the chain link batting cage behind him.
It seemed like the game was just calming down when a familiar voice with a Southern accent could be heard yelling, "Porcupine, when I get through with you they're gonna be calling you spikeless!"
Pietro watched, slightly interested as Evan "Spyke" Daniels ran by, Rogue not far behind him. Kitty ran off the field and stopped by the bleachers to get a better look and Kurt bamfed next to her, causing her to cough a little from the sulfur smelling smoke.
"Twenty bucks says that Evan gets away." Kurt said to Kitty. Kitty rolled her eyes at Kurt and shook her head.
"No way, Rogue's totally going to like catch him. She is so mad." Kitty replied. Everyone was now watching as Evan ran from Rogue with avid interest. Kitty and Kurt took a step forward as Rogue and Evan disappeared over the hill. A few seconds later an unidentified high-pitched scream was heard. Kurt smiled as two spikes embedded themselves in the ground in front of his feet. He turned to Kitty.
"Pay-" He turned back to look where Kitty was pointing at Rogue walking back up the hill, a satisfied smile on her face. He sighed and turned to Kitty again, an unhappy expression on his face. "-ment will be made soon." Kitty grinned, the expression just as satisfied as Rogue's.
"That was, like, the easiest twenty bucks I've ever made."
"WHAT?" Evan exclaimed.
"I said that Pietro and Wanda will be moving into the Institute. And they will be joining the X-Men as well." the professor replied calmly. Pietro smirked at Evan, a glimpse of his usual cockiness reappearing. Wanda simply glared at him. When she moved her gaze she noticed the only other Goth girl in the room, Rogue, giving Evan a dirty look. Wanda's lips twitched into a reluctant smile as she realized that this girl might be the only one she'd get close to. Rogue glanced at Wanda, then Evan, and then back at Wanda and raised her eyebrows as if to say that he was an idiot.
Pietro let his gaze roam over all the X-Men in the room, trying to gauge their reactions. The most prominent ones seemed to be disbelief, a little horrified, and in a couple of cases, complete anger. His eyes stopped on Rogue, who seemed to be more amused with it than everything. She apparently didn't mind it all that much, he thought as Rogue nodded at him. He at least had one friend in the building.Pietro shook himself. Not that it mattered. He didn't need a friend. He didn't need anyone.
A/N: Yes. Another Rietro. Okay, and yes, at the moment Pietro is a little out of character, but that is being blamed on the shock, savvy? Very soon, he will become the speed demon that we all know and love. Or that most of us love. Anyway, this is based on a rumor for season four that one of my friends told me, which is that after Magneto lets Wanda blast Pietro instead of himself, Pietro and Wanda talk things over and make up and then join the X-Factor when Warren starts it up. I just changed one thing.they join the X-Men instead. Hope you enjoy (and go gentle on me if you decide to flame me okay? It's my, well second, Rietro fic, but it's my first one with actual chapters.) As I go on, the chapters will get longer, I hope. We'll see how all the characters feel about that. (Yes, I'm one of those where I think-wait a minute, I know-the characters tell me what's going to happen.)
Betrayal.
The word rang through Pietro Maximoff's head as he walked--yes, walked-- beside his twin sister, Wanda. Pietro shook his head. Magneto certainly wouldn't have won any Father of the Year awards, but Pietro had never thought that he would use him as a shield.
Wanda had recently realized that the memories she had of her life weren't real. Once she had remembered that her family really hadn't been like the Waltons, she had gone after their father. When she had finally found him, she had sent a full blast of her power his way--and he had pulled Pietro in front of him. After, Pietro and Wanda had spent quite a bit of time talking about pretty much everything, including their past, and in Wanda's case, forgive if not forget. They had finally come to a mutual decision on what they felt would be the best way to stop Magneto.
But that didn't mean Pietro had to like the decision.
Joining the X-Geeks. That had seemed to be their only option to being able to stop Magneto.
So, here they were, on their way to the Institute to talk to Roller Boy about joining him.
At the moment, Pietro really hated his life.
Pietro stared at Professor Xavier as if he were an idiot. Was this guy serious? Of course, he didn't want to join the X-Men. He wouldn't fit in there anymore than Scott Summers would fit in with the Brotherhood. It was the only way to stop his father though.
"Look, let's get something straight. I'm not here to become part of your crusade. I'm here because I think that it's pretty much the only way I'm going to be able to beat my fa.Magneto. And I think that's pretty much the reason Wanda's here." Pietro told the professor. He turned to Wanda. "Am I right?"
Wanda nodded quietly before turning to look at Xavier. "I stayed in that asylum for years. And he's the one who put me there. My father will pay for what he's done to me."
Professor Xavier nodded. "I wish that the two of you were joining us for different reasons but I am glad that you are, whatever your reasons. Most of the students are outside today, but why don't I show you around right now, anyway?"
Pietro and Wanda exchanged a glance before nodding again. Pietro, somehow, had thus far managed to control himself from speeding out of the room and doing major damage to the Institute.something he would've taken great pleasure in only a couple of days ago. Now, though, he had to restrain himself.and it was killing him. Of course, just because he lived there didn't mean he couldn't cause trouble.
"And this is where the students play baseball." Professor Xavier told Pietro and Wanda as they stopped next to the bleachers. Pietro stood slightly in the shadows, for once just wanting to observe. Wanda looked at him, a little concerned. She had been doing that more and more once they had re-established their relationship, but she knew it might take a little more time for her to get completely over all the anger that she had built towards him over the years. She had noticed that ever since the incident with Magneto that Pietro had been more withdrawn than usual. It was.unnatural.
Wanda looked back at the field, noticing that Pietro was staring intensely at the X-Men and the game they were playing. As she continued to stare at him, she thought she caught a wistful note in his eyes as he listened to their laughter. They hadn't had much reason to laugh recently. Wanda followed Pietro's lead and turned back to the game.
"Agh! Professor! Jean's using her powers!" Bobby Drake, or Iceman as he was also known, yelled as Jean Grey let the ball float in front of her at the pitcher's mound. Scott "Cyclops" Summers, whose eyes weren't visible from behind his ruby quartz sunglasses, smiled from the catcher position. Professor Xavier shook his head as Jean smirked, grabbed the ball from the air, and threw it. Bobby grinned and turned the bat to ice as he hit the ball as hard as he could. As, he ran to first base, a shout was suddenly heard.
"MUTANT BALL!!!"
Kurt "Nightcrawler" Wagner bamfed into the air and caught the ball while it was in mid-flight. Scott lifted up his sunglasses to blast a hole where first base should be to stop Roberto. When the teams switched positions (though Scott had stayed catcher), Jean stopped the pitch Amara had thrown in the right spot and hit it as hard as she could. Kitty "Shadowcat" Pryde, stopped on her way to home plate from third as Kurt stepped in front of the plate, ball in hand. Quickly, she phased into the ground and then phased back up, behind him, holding home plate. Amara set the ball on fire when Ray was up to bat, causing the ball to make a hole through the bat and the chain link batting cage behind him.
It seemed like the game was just calming down when a familiar voice with a Southern accent could be heard yelling, "Porcupine, when I get through with you they're gonna be calling you spikeless!"
Pietro watched, slightly interested as Evan "Spyke" Daniels ran by, Rogue not far behind him. Kitty ran off the field and stopped by the bleachers to get a better look and Kurt bamfed next to her, causing her to cough a little from the sulfur smelling smoke.
"Twenty bucks says that Evan gets away." Kurt said to Kitty. Kitty rolled her eyes at Kurt and shook her head.
"No way, Rogue's totally going to like catch him. She is so mad." Kitty replied. Everyone was now watching as Evan ran from Rogue with avid interest. Kitty and Kurt took a step forward as Rogue and Evan disappeared over the hill. A few seconds later an unidentified high-pitched scream was heard. Kurt smiled as two spikes embedded themselves in the ground in front of his feet. He turned to Kitty.
"Pay-" He turned back to look where Kitty was pointing at Rogue walking back up the hill, a satisfied smile on her face. He sighed and turned to Kitty again, an unhappy expression on his face. "-ment will be made soon." Kitty grinned, the expression just as satisfied as Rogue's.
"That was, like, the easiest twenty bucks I've ever made."
"WHAT?" Evan exclaimed.
"I said that Pietro and Wanda will be moving into the Institute. And they will be joining the X-Men as well." the professor replied calmly. Pietro smirked at Evan, a glimpse of his usual cockiness reappearing. Wanda simply glared at him. When she moved her gaze she noticed the only other Goth girl in the room, Rogue, giving Evan a dirty look. Wanda's lips twitched into a reluctant smile as she realized that this girl might be the only one she'd get close to. Rogue glanced at Wanda, then Evan, and then back at Wanda and raised her eyebrows as if to say that he was an idiot.
Pietro let his gaze roam over all the X-Men in the room, trying to gauge their reactions. The most prominent ones seemed to be disbelief, a little horrified, and in a couple of cases, complete anger. His eyes stopped on Rogue, who seemed to be more amused with it than everything. She apparently didn't mind it all that much, he thought as Rogue nodded at him. He at least had one friend in the building.Pietro shook himself. Not that it mattered. He didn't need a friend. He didn't need anyone.