Chapter Three: Pyro

Hours later, after Luna had given Johnny the grand tour of the school, he found Wolf sitting outside, watching the moon.

"Hey Wolf." He said, smoothly. "Mind if I join you?"

Wolf smiled and patted the seat next to her. "It's open, Human Torch."

"You have the most fascinating eyes." Johnny said, softly. "Have they always been that way?"

Wolf smiled. "Believe it or not, yes. See, my mutations manifested themselves when I was born."

"So, what do you do?" he asked.

"Well, I can heal myself and my senses are so acute that they mimic those of a wolf." She seemed proud. "I also have these." There was a "snickt" sound and a set of six claws, three on each hand, appeared. Johnny was shocked, but even more so at what they were made of.

They were made of bone.

Wolf smiled and just as quickly as the claws appeared, they disappeared back into her knuckles.

Johnny had to force himself to speak. "Does that hurt?"

Wolf looked away. "Not as much as it used to. Just because I can heal myself doesn't mean that I don't feel pain." She snorted. "Actually I feel more pain than most people."

"How so?"

"Well, when I was 14, I broke my leg. And see, because I self heal, I felt several months of pain in the span of 2 days. It was awful. I thought I was going to die."

"That does sound bad." He thought for a moment. "What brought you here?"

"My mother's death…or should I say her murder. " Wolf sounded bitter and angry. "Murdered in broad daylight on a crowed street and no one does a thing. I think I hurt someone."

"I'm really sorry." Johnny said. "My mom's gone too, so I know what that's like."

Wolf sounded like she was about to cry. "I really miss her."

Johnny put his arm around her. "Was she all you had?"

"Yeah." Wolf looked up into Johnny's eyes and he saw that she was crying. "Stupid anti-mutants…." She wiped her eyes quickly. "Sorry about that….usually I don't show my softer side."

Johnny chuckled and wiped a tear from her face. "Don't worry, I won't tell."

Wolf smiled. "So anyway, why the heck are you here? I didn't think that a member of the Fantastic Four would need any help with their powers."

Johnny groaned. He just KNEW that the question would come up sooner or later. "Well, I'm not going to go into details but let's just stay it involves a trash barge."

Wolf sighed. "Pretty bad, huh?"

"It was a disaster. I think I made myself look like complete moron. "Johnny didn't like revealing himself to others, but with Wolf he felt comfortable. "I really don't want to talk about it."

"It's okay." She said.

Johnny smiled at her. "I wish there were more girls like you, Wolf. Maybe the world would be a much cooler place."

Wolf laughed. "You're funny Mr. Storm."

"Please, Wolf, call me Johnny. And how about I take you to dinner? I can get reservations for two at a cozy little Italian place that serves great food and…"

"She can't because she'll be having dinner with me." A third voice interjected.

Wolf turned around and gasped in delight. "John!"

Johnny turned around and saw a guy of about 18 standing behind them, with slicked back brown hair, blue jeans and a Nintendo t-shirt, flicking a lighter.

"Hello, Mr. Storm." The guy said. "I'm John Allardyce….Wolf's boyfriend. But you can call me….Pyro."