A/N: Sorry it's been so long. Least I got the chapter done. More to come soon. So R&R in the meantime.
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Chapter 53 – Promise Kept
He couldn't feel anything around him. Nothing at all. He was just floating through space, matter. Nothing at all. He couldn't even feel his body, wasn't sure he had one anymore. All he could see was bright light and felt complete comfort, like he could stay here forever in this peacefulness. The he saw her far off in the distance smiling at him. Her red hair blowing in her face and her green eyes glowing brightly.
He tried to move towards her, to get close enough to kiss her, hold her, touch her at least, but he couldn't. He felt himself being pulled back, away from her and this peace and back to the pain and coldness. The more he tried to get near her the more he was pulled back.
He reached for her. She smiled and shook her head and he could hear her voice like she was two feet away instead of so far. "Not now…not yet." Everything faded from his sight then.
Tristian could feel the floor beneath him now, the ache in his skull and someone shaking his shoulder. "Tristian…Tristian wake up, kid." And then another. "Tristian, open your eyes. Please open your eyes."
He recognized the voices, it was Logan's and Jean's. They had arrived after all, but a little too late. He opened his mouth to make a joke of it but a moan came out instead and he lifted a hand to his head, rubbing the pain away and feeling the blood. He'd heal eventually, it didn't feel too bad. He opened his eyes and blinked to make his vision focus until he could only see one Logan instead of four.
Logan breathed a sigh of relief. "You scared me, don't do that."
"Are you alright," Jean asked.
"Yeah, I'll be fine and are you admitting you can even be scared?" he teased.
"Don't make me hurt you more," Logan muttered and helped him to his feet. "Least not in front of Red."
Tristian stood slowly and tried to take a step but stumbled and felt nauseas. Logan's arm was quickly there, catching him and using him to lean against.
"I think you need to lie down," Jean suggested, running a hand through his hair, careful of his cut.
"I'm fine," he shook his head.
"You sure, you hit your head pretty hard when you fell."
"Pushed," he corrected with his eyes still closed.
"'Cuse me?"
He opened his to meet the confused mans eyes. "We were attacked. I was pushed by Frost…Emma Frost." He remembered it still. He was standing on the staircase with what he thought was the real Jean. By the time he figured it out it was too late. She shoved him.
"Emma?" Jean asked. "The blonde woman with the blue eyes. The one…"
She let the sentence trial off. They both knew what she meant by it. Tristian nodded. "Yeah, her. Where's X at?"
"They went down to Cerebro to see if they could find out where Bobby, Rogue, and John are…we can't find them."
Tristian sighed and moved away from Logan, walking on his own. He growled frustrated and felt like breaking down a wall. It was his fault. He should have never come here. He had put them in danger for no reason. Emma wanted him, why didn't she just take him?
There was a groan from his right and he turned his head to stare at the guy trapped under all the rubble. He groaned again coming to as the three approached him. Tristian squatted down near him as he opened his black and red eyes.
"Are they gone?" he asked.
"If you're talking about your boss, yeah she's gone and left you behind," he said coldly, not sure whether he could trust this guy yet or not.
"That was the point," he said and tried to move, wincing as he did so. "This wasn't."
Tristian glanced at the rubble around him and looked at Logan who shrugged. "If we get you out, you promise not to cause trouble. Because if you do I have no problem killing you."
"Yeah," the guy nodded.
Tristian and Logan lifted all the rubble off of him and the guy scooted back and sat up wincing and grabbing his leg. Jean inspected his injuries carefully. "Your leg's broken."
"Kinda figured that, Red," he nodded.
"I can fix it if you give us answers."
"I'll tell you anything you want. Just don't send me back there."
Tristian nodded and then remembered Kitty and the others. They were still hiding. "Get him down to your med lab, Jean. I'll be down there in a few minutes." He shifted to shadows and headed through the vent to keep his promise.
He solidified in the basement, near the other med lab he had told them to hide out in. Tristian gazed around in the dark but saw no one. He reached over and hit on the light switch causing the florescent lights to blink before buzzing on.
"Kitty?" he called out and from the corner of his eyes saw the closest door open and her head poke out.
"Tristian, that you?" she whispered loudly.
"Yeah, it's me," he said and opened the door. The three of them were squished in there together tightly, mainly because of how big colossus was to begin with. "You can come out now?"
They more or less fell out of the tight space in a pile and stood up, cracking their backs and joints. "Are they gone?"
"Yeah, they are," he nodded. "Go back upstairs and stay up there," he instructed and turned to leave to Jean's lab.
"Hey Tristian!" Kitty called out and he turned around. She smiled at him, rubbing her neck. "Thanks, for keeping your promise."
He returned the smile and only nodded, wishing he had kept his promise to protect John, Bobby, and Rogue.
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Chapter 53 – Promise Kept
He couldn't feel anything around him. Nothing at all. He was just floating through space, matter. Nothing at all. He couldn't even feel his body, wasn't sure he had one anymore. All he could see was bright light and felt complete comfort, like he could stay here forever in this peacefulness. The he saw her far off in the distance smiling at him. Her red hair blowing in her face and her green eyes glowing brightly.
He tried to move towards her, to get close enough to kiss her, hold her, touch her at least, but he couldn't. He felt himself being pulled back, away from her and this peace and back to the pain and coldness. The more he tried to get near her the more he was pulled back.
He reached for her. She smiled and shook her head and he could hear her voice like she was two feet away instead of so far. "Not now…not yet." Everything faded from his sight then.
Tristian could feel the floor beneath him now, the ache in his skull and someone shaking his shoulder. "Tristian…Tristian wake up, kid." And then another. "Tristian, open your eyes. Please open your eyes."
He recognized the voices, it was Logan's and Jean's. They had arrived after all, but a little too late. He opened his mouth to make a joke of it but a moan came out instead and he lifted a hand to his head, rubbing the pain away and feeling the blood. He'd heal eventually, it didn't feel too bad. He opened his eyes and blinked to make his vision focus until he could only see one Logan instead of four.
Logan breathed a sigh of relief. "You scared me, don't do that."
"Are you alright," Jean asked.
"Yeah, I'll be fine and are you admitting you can even be scared?" he teased.
"Don't make me hurt you more," Logan muttered and helped him to his feet. "Least not in front of Red."
Tristian stood slowly and tried to take a step but stumbled and felt nauseas. Logan's arm was quickly there, catching him and using him to lean against.
"I think you need to lie down," Jean suggested, running a hand through his hair, careful of his cut.
"I'm fine," he shook his head.
"You sure, you hit your head pretty hard when you fell."
"Pushed," he corrected with his eyes still closed.
"'Cuse me?"
He opened his to meet the confused mans eyes. "We were attacked. I was pushed by Frost…Emma Frost." He remembered it still. He was standing on the staircase with what he thought was the real Jean. By the time he figured it out it was too late. She shoved him.
"Emma?" Jean asked. "The blonde woman with the blue eyes. The one…"
She let the sentence trial off. They both knew what she meant by it. Tristian nodded. "Yeah, her. Where's X at?"
"They went down to Cerebro to see if they could find out where Bobby, Rogue, and John are…we can't find them."
Tristian sighed and moved away from Logan, walking on his own. He growled frustrated and felt like breaking down a wall. It was his fault. He should have never come here. He had put them in danger for no reason. Emma wanted him, why didn't she just take him?
There was a groan from his right and he turned his head to stare at the guy trapped under all the rubble. He groaned again coming to as the three approached him. Tristian squatted down near him as he opened his black and red eyes.
"Are they gone?" he asked.
"If you're talking about your boss, yeah she's gone and left you behind," he said coldly, not sure whether he could trust this guy yet or not.
"That was the point," he said and tried to move, wincing as he did so. "This wasn't."
Tristian glanced at the rubble around him and looked at Logan who shrugged. "If we get you out, you promise not to cause trouble. Because if you do I have no problem killing you."
"Yeah," the guy nodded.
Tristian and Logan lifted all the rubble off of him and the guy scooted back and sat up wincing and grabbing his leg. Jean inspected his injuries carefully. "Your leg's broken."
"Kinda figured that, Red," he nodded.
"I can fix it if you give us answers."
"I'll tell you anything you want. Just don't send me back there."
Tristian nodded and then remembered Kitty and the others. They were still hiding. "Get him down to your med lab, Jean. I'll be down there in a few minutes." He shifted to shadows and headed through the vent to keep his promise.
He solidified in the basement, near the other med lab he had told them to hide out in. Tristian gazed around in the dark but saw no one. He reached over and hit on the light switch causing the florescent lights to blink before buzzing on.
"Kitty?" he called out and from the corner of his eyes saw the closest door open and her head poke out.
"Tristian, that you?" she whispered loudly.
"Yeah, it's me," he said and opened the door. The three of them were squished in there together tightly, mainly because of how big colossus was to begin with. "You can come out now?"
They more or less fell out of the tight space in a pile and stood up, cracking their backs and joints. "Are they gone?"
"Yeah, they are," he nodded. "Go back upstairs and stay up there," he instructed and turned to leave to Jean's lab.
"Hey Tristian!" Kitty called out and he turned around. She smiled at him, rubbing her neck. "Thanks, for keeping your promise."
He returned the smile and only nodded, wishing he had kept his promise to protect John, Bobby, and Rogue.