Ryan opened his eyes and for a moment was very confused. The last thing he remembered was sliding on his rear after something ridiculously hot hit his stomach. Now everything was moving beneath his eyes. He then recognized Max's boots.

"Max put me down I'm fine." Ryan said.

"Yeah right gimpy."

Ryan pushed at Max's shoulders but as he moved upwards the room spun slightly. For a moment he leaned back over feeling sick to his stomach. Then, however, he felt a shiver go down his back; the temperature in the house a dropped. He had to help. Rather than argue Ryan grabbed the handrail for the stairs and pulled himself off Max's shoulder.

"Ryan," Max said turning. "You probably have a concussion. I have to get you down to Hank."

"If we don't help worse things'll happen," Ryan said pushing up from the stair he sat on. "Besides, if I do have a concussion Hank'll just make me stay awake anyway. Might as well be productive."

Max shook his head and grinned. "Let's go punk. You go up I'll go down."

"Break!"

Max shot down the stairs to the elevator and Ryan hopped back up to the door to the roof. His head still throbbed and his foot did not feel much better, but when he felt the shake of the Sentinel's footsteps he felt his drive strengthen. Jean still stood a few feet away fighting Storm. Ryan moved as quickly as possible to the edge of the roof. The large robots had just reached the gates. He inhaled deeply and reached his hands out once again. From his right hand blue tentacles enveloped Storm. His left hand showed no signs of power, but as a Sentinel raised it's arm to smash the gate it's hinges came loose. The massive hunk of metal crashed to the ground. Seconds later the robot tripped over it's own arm and fell back onto another machine. The explosion filled the air and most of the mutants on the ground scattered.

Asher stretched his hands out. Fire enveloped the fallen Sentinels. Blob yanked a tree from the ground like a gardener pulling a weed and smashed another machine. Rouge used her newly acquired powers to blast the same one into oblivion.

Jean jumped from the roof and kicked Storm in the head. She caught her before she even started falling. It took some doing but she made it back to the roof. "You ok Ryan?"

"Yeah, you got her?"

"Yeah, I'll take her down stairs. You'd better come with me your head's still bleeding," Jean said.

"No, I'm good." Ryan aimed his power at another sentinel. It's head exploded. The sound made his ears ring and his vision blurred slightly but he held his ground.

"Ryan-"

"You'd better get Storm down there before she wakes up," Ryan said.

For a moment Jean thought about knocking him out and dragging him off the roof, but she knew she couldn't carry both Storm and Ryan. She turned and headed to the door. Just as it swung open she heard another explosion. Waves of heat encompassed her and she turned to see what had happened. Part of the mansion was in flames and Ryan was lying on his back. The arm of a Sentinel was smoking as it walked closer. Ryan rolled to his stomach and pulled himself up to his hands and knees. He spit blood but turned to Jean. "Go! Get inside."

She hesitated.

Ryan lifted his hand. Jean's powers sent her backwards and the door slammed shut.