Author's note 8/1/05: I have been getting lazy on updating on stuff, but I have had bit of a block. Yet I have been able to work through it. So here it is! Enjoy!

7- What a day

"Are we there yet?" I asked Pyro as I fiddled my blind fold trying to peek out the widow of the jet that Magneto let him barrow for our date on one condition. That he didn't scratch it.

"Yes, but don't take off the blind fold yet," He said slapping my hand away from my blind fold.

"Ow, that hurt," I snickered at him.

"Sorry, but I am trying to land this thing so one bothers it," He told me. I put my hands in my lap of my skirt. My hole body was wiggling in wait to see where Pyro had taken me too. He took my hand and let me out side where I could hear cars and people. "Ok, now."

I ripped off the blind fold and tossed it aside. My jaw nearly dropped when I saw that I was standing on top of a building in a city. I looked around and noticed something I recognized the land marks of where I was at. Time square. " New York! I screamed. "Oh, my god! This is so awesome."

"I knew you would like it," Pyro grinned walking up to my side. "You told me on the day we met they you were heading here so, you're here now."

I leaned over and kissed him on the cheek. "Thank you!" I thanked him. "What do we going to do first?"

"I got a few idea's," He smiled.

He took me to dinner at high class Italian restaurant called Cesar's last meal. We got two big plates full of spaghetti and meat balls that were to die for. Then he took me on a moon lit walk in Central Park.

We held hands and talked about things from our lives before we came to the brotherhood. John told me about how he grew up in a broken home. His mother died when he was young of cancer, and how he was raised by his abusive father, until he was eleven when he found out he could control fire with his mind. He didn't get into deals about how he figured that out, but soon after that he ran way from home. Made a living stealing, things until he was picked up by Xavier.

"Tell me more about the X-men?" I asked him.

"Why, what's there to knew about those geeks," Pyro said. "They were so stuck up on trying to hidden from the world, not using our powers in front of people. I just couldn't stand it."

"Oh," I said. I really wanted to know about them. I never brought up the subject with Magneto or Mystique cause they had never been apart of the X-men like Pyro had been. After the X-Men did try to get me, so I wanted to know what they were about.

I felt Pyro squeeze my hand tighter and I looked up at him. "Let's not think about X-nerds or about Brotherhood for that matter," He grinned. "Let us think about tonight and us."

"Yes, let's," I smiled leaning into him. Our lips came together in a fire like passion that took my breath way. It felt so right. Just as I was getting lost in the moment a loud explosion filled the air. I pulled back from our kiss to see a big black cloud of smoke funnel up ward into the air from a near by apartment building. "Lets go."

I ran to the toward the building with Pyro not to far behind me. I pushed forward through the crowd of people who had form outside of the building, to get a better look on what was going on. It was a five store old building where the third floor was incased in flames.

Just then a white man had a shoulder of a black man who appeared to have been hit in the head walked out of the front door of the building. They sat the black man down on the side walk, but he fought his way back up. "I need to get back in there" He coughed. "My daughter is in there!"

He started to fight his helpers. "I need to get her," He cried. "Emily! Emily! My baby! Please I need to save her!"

"Where's the fire Department?" Asked an middle aged woman in the crowd.

"There on there way, but there is heavy traffic they might not get here in time," answered a old man.

I started toward the building but felt a tug on my arm. I turned to see Pyro pulling on my arm. "Where do you think your going?" He asked.

"I am going to help," I answered.

"Why? Let them humans take care of themselves," He told me.

I closed my eyes. Then looked up at the four floor widow and saw a the little girl. "Daddy!" She coughed from the widow then disappeared.

Daddy, Daddy! I need your help, I shook off a memory of my childhood. "I am going in," I said. "If you want don't want to help you don't have to."

I broke past everyone and ran head long into the building. I put a magnetic force field to keep the smoke from getting into my lungs, and from heat of the raging fire. I ran up the stairs that were starting to give way up to the fourth floor.

"Emily! Emily, I am here to help you," I yelled out to her but she didn't answer. I went to every room until I got to the one where the window was and they she was passed out of the floor. She had to no older than six years old. I scooped her up into my arms. "Don't worry I have you."

Carried her to the stairs to go down, but they were on fire. The stairs to go up were still alright so I had no choice but to go up ward. Once on the roof I got to the edge of the building and hovered to the ground.

"Emily! Oh my god!" Yelled the father. He rushed over to me taking his daughter from my tired arms. "Thank you. Thank you."

I collapsed to the ground. I hadn't used my power like that before and I felt totally drained. I looked up at the crowd, they all looked scary for some reason. They all started to talk.

"She's a mutant,"

"She must have caused this,"

"She's a hero!"

"No she's not. All mutants are trouble!"

"Yeah, get out of here Mutie!"

"Hey look the fire is going out," Some pointed. I looked back up the building to see the flames go out.

"Molly," I turned to see Pyro standing behind me. "We need to get out of here."

He helped me to my feet and got out there before it got worse.