Chapter 8: The Boys Are Back In Town
-Guess who just got back today?
Those wild-eyed boys that had been away
Haven't changed, haven't much to say
But man, I still think those cats are great
They were asking if you were around
How you was, where you could be found
I told them you were living downtown
Driving all the old men crazy-
"You're an idiot!" St. John Allderyce, better known as Pyro roared. "If she hadn't seen you, I could have nabbed her!"
"Me!" Lance Alvers, better known as Avalanche, scoffed. "What makes you think it was me that made her back away."
"Because I didn't treat her like shit when we were dating, Alvers." Pyro glared at his teammate. "Did you look at her face when she saw me, she was going to approach, until she saw you and panicked. 'Cause you did a number on her, you jackass."
"You're the one who barely paid attention to her!" Avalanche was getting angry. "She was what the most important thing when we were dating."
"Because you were trying to make her into this meek little mouse. Kitty's got a fire and spirit and you tried to suppress it with all your mental and emotional abuse." Avalanche might be angry, but Pyro was furious. "Unlike you, I actually cared about her, when we were dating, I still do. Granted, I wasn't the right boyfriend for her at the time, I was too messed up, just arriving to the Institute myself."
"You think you were a better boyfriend than me?" Avalanche burst out laughing. "Come off it, John! I was with her for two years, you had her for what, six months?"
"Six months of her coming out of the trauma you put her through and my own goddamn problems. I liked her a lot though and I was nice to her when we were alone." Pyro snapped. "I was ten times the boyfriend you were, even if I was a pretty crappy one."
-The boys are back in town
The boys are back in town
The boys are back in toowwn
The boys are back in town
The boys are back in town
The boys are back in toowwn-
"Puhlease!" Avalanche rolled his eyes. "When we do get Kitty here, we'll see just who she turns to."
"It sure as Hell won't be you, Alvers. I'm sure she'd rather find comfort in the Blob than in you." Pyro spat. "You're just too dense to realize it."
"Whatever." Avalanche muttered. "When she gets here, we'll find out and you'll be eating your words."
"When she gets here? She should be here now." Magneto said calmly, as he entered the room, but his tone still held the note of a threat.
"I happen to agree with Pyro wholeheartedly on this one Avalanche, if you hadn't come into her eyesight, she would have approached Pyro." Magneto glared at the new member. "This time, I'll be sending Pyro to get her with Sabertooth (A/N, I know, he's supposed to be dead, but let's just say, Wolverine didn't kill him, just hurt him pretty bad and now Sabertooth's out for revenge).
"What? But it was my idea to bring her here." Avalanche stared at Magneto, as if he had grown two heads.
"Yes, and it was you that messed up our capture of her today." Was his reply.
"Um Magneto." Pyro looked up at his leader. "Do I have to take Sabertooth? Can't I take Boom Boom or something?"
Magneto actually smiled at his apprentice. "I'm afraid not. Kitty slipped away with the help of a very powerful and skilled mutant. He's young, so he hasn't tapped into his full power, but with him and the Shadowcat, you and Boom Boom wouldn't stand a chance. I'm sending Sabertooth to deal with his mutant, I want you to focus on Shadowcat."
"I can't believe this." Lance said, clearly exasperated.
"Oh, if you can, Pyro..." Magneto ignored Avalanche's comment and turned back to Pyro. "See if you can capture this mutant with her. He'd make an excellent new apprentice with his skill as a thief and his powers." With that said, he slipped back out of the room.
"You've still got a lot to learn, Avalanche, my boy." Pyro teased, before following Magneto down the halls.
"We've lost precious time, Pyro." Magneto said, once Pyro had begun to follow him. "We should have had Shadowcat here earlier, but I was foolish enough to think that Avalanche could handle it. She's terrified of him and he is nothing but a brazen fool. You have the best chance because I believe she still trusts you on some level. I have spoken to Sabertooth and you are to handle the situation as you see fit." He stopped, turning to face his apprentice. "Do not fail me, John."
Pyro could nod dumbly at him. Magneto rarely ever used their actual names; he usually referred to them by their codenames. This must be serious.
"Good, Sabertooth is readying the helicopter. Be safe and bring her here." Magneto spun on his heel and continued down the hall, while Pyro turned to go in the opposite direction, where Sabertooth would no doubt have the helicopter ready.
-You know the chick that used to dance a lot
Every night she'd be on the floor shaking what she'd got
Man when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot
I mean she was steaming
That night over at Johnny's place
Well this chick got up and she slapped Johnny's face
Man we just fell about the place
If that chick don't want to know, forget her-
Pyro scrambled out of the helicopter, as Sabertooth landed it in the middle of the woods. The abandoned warehouse, where Kitty and her friend were currently, wasn't too far away. "Just stay quiet." He hissed, watching the sun begin to rise. "They might actually be sleeping still."
Sabertooth just grunted in reply and his shuffling footsteps behind Pyro assured him that the big cat was taking heed of his instructions. He may not like taking orders from a teenage boy, but he'd never refuse Magneto an order.
"Okay, I'm going to go in." Pyro turned to Sabertooth once they were outside the warehouse. "I only want you to follow if you hear the sounds of a fight. If they're both asleep, then I'll just slip the chloroform over their faces and knock them out even more."
Sabertooth growled, but complied, as John slipped inside. It was freezing inside, but there was enough light for him to see. Kitty and her friend were curled up in the corner, both dead to the world. Smirking to himself, John crept towards them, pulling out the two clothes of chloroform.
Just as he bent down to place one over Kitty's nose and mouth, a hand reached out and stopped his arm. "Trus me, not a bright idea Homme." Before he could react, an explosion sent him rocketing backwards.
The explosion had Sabertooth charging through the door and Kitty jolting awake. Sabertooth lunged at the guy with a loud growl, while John leapt back onto his feet, a little disorientated.
"John?" Kitty rubbed the sleep from her eyes, as she glared up at him.
"Hey Kit." He crouched down beside her, the chloroform in the hand behind his back. Her friend and Sabertooth were having a small scuffle a little ways away. "You're going to have to forgive me."
"Forgive you?" She stared at him blankly, giving him an open opportunity. He whipped his hand from behind his back and covered her nose and mouth with the cloth. She tried to phase and almost did, before the chloroform took effect and she was knocked out. "Sorry Babe." He muttered, slipping his arms under her limp form and lifting her up.
"Sabertooth, hurry up already." He called, getting just what he wanted. The guy took his attention off the cat to notice Kitty in John's arms.
"Why you litte...Remy will kill you!" He went to lunge in John's direction, but a sharp blow in the back of the head had him falling. "Merde!" He said, before he hit the ground, unconscious.
"Took you long enough." John muttered, shifting Kitty in his arms and starting for the door.
Sabertooth growled, but heaved Remy's body off the floor and hefted it over his shoulder. Let's just say, Sabertooth is a man of little words. He likes to grunt and growl, instead of dignify people with a response.
"They should be out for a few hours." John said, once they got back to the helicopter. Sabertooth just haphazardly tossed Remy into a seat, before starting up the helicopter. John placed Kitty more gently in the seat, brushing her hair out of her face. "I really am sorry, Love." He kissed her forehead, before going to sit in the co-pilot's seat.
- Friday night they'll be dressed to kill
Down at Dino's bar and grill
The drink will flow and blood will spill
If the boys want to fight, you'd better let them
That jukebox in the corner blasting out my favorite song
The nights are getting warmer, it won't be long
It won't be long till summer comes
Now that the boys are here again-
They arrived at the base about fifteen minutes later, where Magneto and Mystique were waiting at the loading dock. "Did you do it?" Was the first thing out of his boss's mouth.
"Mission success." John saluted him, lifting Kitty into his arms again and climbing out onto the hanger. Sabertooth appeared by his side a moment later, an unconscious Remy once again over his shoulder. "Got them both."
"Excellent. I knew you would not fail me." Magneto grinned, as he studied the unconscious man over Sabertooth's shoulder. "He was knocked out by a blow, put up a struggled did he?"
"Sleeps as light as you do." John replied. "Nearly blew me to pieces, but Sabertooth distracted him long enough for me to handle Shadowcat."
"Yes, his power is very intriguing." Magneto continued to study him. "He's a pretty popular thief down in New Orleans, known as the Gambit. He's ruthless and very sneaky. I believe you are holding his only weakness."
John looked down at the unconscious Kitty in his arms. "Kitty?"
"Yes." He frowned thoughtfully. "Regards her as family, interesting, I shall want to know their story. But that'll be at a later time. Place them in holding cells, separately. Oh, and make sure Mr. Lebeau's hands are gloved and tied. We don't need him blowing up the base, do we?"
"How can he blow things up?" John asked, as Sabertooth stalked inside, being none to gentle about Remy's unconscious figure.
Magneto chuckled. "Quite a gift. He simply takes an object's potential energy and conforms it to kinetic energy, allowing it to explode once he releases it." He looked down at Kitty. "No more questions. Pyro, take her inside."
He nodded solemnly and did as he was told. After placing Kitty on a small cot in the holding cell across from Remy's so they could at least see each other, he settled against the wall and watched her sleep.
If there was one thing he had missed about Westchester, it had been his friends. Bobby, Rogue, Jubilee, Evan, Pietro, Piotr and Kitty. Granted, he had been jealous of Piotr because after the break-up, Kitty had begun to carry a torch for the stoic Russian.
"I'm back in town though." He muttered. "And I will get her back."
-The boys are back in town
The boys are back in town
The boys are back in toowwn
The boys are back in town
The boys are back in town
The boys are back in toowwn-
The boys are back in town, the boys are back in town, whoops, I like this song. Anyways, that's your chappie. Oh, I know I promised Kiotr action, but lately it's been Kiotr angst, I promise that there will be fluff to make up for it. Originally, I wasn't going to give John such a big part in this fic, but I just watched X2 last night, so I'm going to make this fic a bit more complicated. I like writing the rivalry for Kitty's affections between Lance and John 'cause it's fun to watch Lance get mad. If you're wondering exactly what the Brotherhood are up to, you'll just have to review to find out.