Scott, Piotr, or Bobby?... Oh, My!

By JobbyShipper

Chapter 4: Reunited

The rain had slowed a few minutes before Bobby stepped outside, but getting wet wasn't concerning him at all. He was too shocked at seeing someone he believed to be dead still alive. He was completely lost in his thoughts when he was suddenly brought back to reality be Pyro's voice.

"Hey!" Pyro yelled. "Are you gonna stand there for all eternity, or are you actually going to open the gate?"

"What? Huh?" Bobby was still in his shocked state, but was starting to register what was going on. "Oh, yeah, sure."

"Well hurry up with it then! Scott's gonna die if we don't hurry!"

Bobby moved over to the gate controls and pressed the button to open the gate. Pyro put his helmet back on and zoomed into the estate. Bobby quickly pressed the button for the gate to close and then jogged over to Pyro as he got the rope untied and stepped off of the motorcycle, grabbing hold of Scott to keep him steady as he did. He quickly put Scott's left arm around his shoulder and reached over to his right leg, pulling it over to the other side so he was no longer sitting on the bike.

"Get his other arm, Bobby! Hurry!" Pyro was frantic, and scared out of his mind that he was already too late to get Scott the help that he needed.

Bobby quickly rushed to the other side and took Scott's right arm, pulling it over his shoulder. The two boys carried Scott into the Institute's front door, rushing past several students as they did. One of the students was Jubilee, a look of confusion all over her face.

"John?" she asked in confusion.

"Not now, Jubilee!" Pyro said as they arrived at the elevator that would take them down to the medical bay. Pyro quickly pressed the button to call the elevator and stood there waiting. "Come on! Come on! You can't seriously tell me that no one ever fixed this thing!"

"Maintenance costs money," Bobby simply replied.

"Yeah, well this place can afford it," Pyro informed him. "Come on, damn it!" The elevator finally opened and the carried Scott into the elevator quickly as the door closed and took them down to the sub-level of the mansion where the medical bay was located. Once the elevator opened, Pyro and Bobby carried Scott out and continued their trek to the medical bay, the door opening instantly as they moved in. Dr. Hank McCoy was already there talking to Rogue. Bobby gulped when he saw Rogue, but tried to just ignore her. She and McCoy were obviously more shocked to see that not only was Pyro with him, but Scott was being carried in by them. They quickly set him on an examination table as McCoy moved over.

"Oh, my stars and garters," McCoy whispered under his breath. He took a pulse and then looked back up in shock at the both of them. "He's still alive. I don't understand."

"It's a long story, doc," Pyro said. "Just do what you can for him."

McCoy nodded. "Yes, of course I will... But I will need privacy to concentrate. I'm sorry, but you all will have to leave. Marie, we'll continue our conversation later."

Pyro didn't want to leave Scott's side, but he felt Bobby place a hand on his shoulder and heard him say to come on and so he left. However, once outside the medical bay, Bobby felt it was time for an explanation. "What's going on, John? I think we deserve an explanation here."

Pyro sighed. "Look, you wouldn't believe me if I told you."

"Try me," Bobby said crossing his arms.

"Yeah, John, what's happening?" Rogue asked. "Ah thought Scott was dead. How'd you find him?"

"Like I already told you, you'll think I'm crazy if I tell you. So please just let it go."

Bobby shook his head. "No. This is one of those times that you don't need to be closed minded to us. We have to be able to explain to Miss Munroe how it is that someone we thought was dead for near a week now suddenly shoes back up being helped in by a member of the Brotherhood."

"Former member," Pyro said matter-of-factly. "I'm no longer with them."

Neither Bobby nor Rogue looked like they believed him. "Look, just to us how you found Scott. You owe us that much. We'll try not to think of you as crazy. Just spit it out."

"Dr. Grey told me," Pyro replied.

Bobby and Rogue both exchanged looks of confusion and then looked back over to Pyro.

"See?" Pyro said in frustration. "I knew you two wouldn't believe me."

"It's not about believing you or not, John," Rogue said. "Dr. Grey's dead."

"Yeah, and a few minutes ago, you both thought that Scott Summers was dead, but surprise, surprise, he's not."

"If she's still alive, then where is she?" Bobby asked. "She very well could be a danger to all of us if she still lives."

"Technically she's not still alive," Pyro said.

"Now you're definitely making no sense," Bobby said shaking his head.

"Yeah, I knew you wouldn't believe me," Pyro said taking off back toward the elevator, but was stopped instantly by Bobby, grabbing his arm. "Let me go, Bobby," Pyro said, anger rising.

"No, John," Bobby said. "I didn't try to understand you before and it cost me a best friend."

Pyro turned around raising an eyebrow. "You lost your best friend because you were too busy flirting around with her all the time," he said as he motioned with his toward Rogue and then took off back toward the elevator.

Bobby was shocked. He had actually been thinking about that as a reason for John's leaving before earlier. It was Bobby's fault that he left after all. He looked over to Rogue. "Don't follow us. I need to talk to him alone." Bobby took off after Pyro, leaving Rogue feeling more confused and hurt then she had already felt.

The door to the elevator had almost closed all the way before Bobby pressed the button, and the door opened once again. Bobby saw Pyro sigh in frustration and then cross his arms. Bobby stepped on the elevator as the door closed.

"Why are you following me for?" Pyro asked.

"Because you were right," Bobby said. "It was my fault that you left in the first place."

"No, it wasn't your fault," Pyro corrected him. "It was Marie's fault."

"John," Bobby said shaking his head. "I was the one that turned all my attention to her and the only time I ever really referred to you was when I was trying to get you not to do something. That's my fault."

"Well, I still like to put all the blame on her anyway," Pyro said as the doors to the elevator opened and he stepped out, followed by Bobby.

"Alright then," Bobby said. "I won't bother defending her then. Will you just tell me the whole story behind this Jean thing?"

Pyro sighed in frustration as he moved down the hallway toward the front entrance, rushing past the students that were still crowded around the hallway. Jubilee once again tried to say something, but Pyro just shushed her as he kept moving. He emerged from the mansion and moved over to his motorcycle again. Bobby followed him out there.

"John, don't leave," Bobby pleaded.

"Why shouldn't I?" Pyro asked.

"Cause I don't want to loose you again," Bobby blurted out before he could even stop himself. Had he actually said that? There was no way he could take it back now, but the point of the matter was, he was telling the truth.

This completely stopped Pyro in his tracks as he looked up to Bobby, not entirely sure what he meant there. He sighed as he looked down to the ground. 'He doesn't want to loose me again? Why does he care if I just walk out of life once again?'

"Please come back inside," Bobby said, doing his best to show Pyro his best puppy dog face.

"Oh, God, put that face away," Pyro said disgusted. "You know I can't resist it... Damn it, Bobby."

"Well, come on inside. I'll get a something to eat from the kitchen. Are you hungry?"

"Starving. I haven't eaten in forever it seems."

Bobby moved over to Pyro and put an arm around his shoulder, leading him back inside. "Then let's get that food for ya and we'll finish talking about what's going on with this whole thing with Cyclops. How about that?"

"I guess... Why are you being so kind to me though? I tried to kill you on..."

"Hey, let's not discuss our past. Let's just look to the future now that you're back. That's all that really matters, John."

"Yeah, ok. Whatever."

Upon finally arriving in the kitchen, Pyro saw Piotr in there eating another sandwich. Pyro saw a lot of potential there. Piotr definitely wasn't called Colossus for nothing. Sure Pyro was committed to Scott, but he couldn't help but take a glance at Piotr's bulging muscles as they rippled out of his tight black shirt. He was near drooling before Bobby brought him back to reality by handing him a soda bottle.

"Oh, thanks, Bobby. Good to see ya, Piotr."

"I heard the commotion of your arrival back, comrade," Piotr stated, not even looking his way. "Glad to see you wised up."

Pyro half way chuckled, more or less sarcastically. "Yeah, I guess." I sat down at the table, but not close to where Piotr was, as he didn't want to get knocked out by the huge, sexy muscle man. He never really got to know Piotr all that well when he was at the Institute before as the only people he associated himself with were Bobby and Rogue, with the occasional conversation with Scott, Miss Munroe, or Professor Xavier. Pyro just hadn't had any interest in Piotr before, but now that he was back and had finally accepted himself for what he really was, he couldn't help, but be just a tad curious what it would be like if he was with Piotr. Lots of possibilities were open when it came to that, and he just shivered at the thought of it all.

Bobby brought over a plate of spaghetti that he'd warmed up in the microwave. "It's leftovers," he informed as he sat down. "But it's good. I'm sure you remember how the spaghetti tastes here."

"Yeah... How could I forget?" Pyro started eating the food rather quickly, not even caring that Bobby and Piotr were probably watching him in shock as he did. It had been quite awhile since he'd actually had something good to eat. He had robbed a few restaurants on the drive back to Westchester County when he left San Francisco, after picking up his motorcycle from the woods where he'd hid it, but it even then wasn't much, just enough food to get by. By the time he got back to Magneto's fortress, he became shockingly aware that there was no food there, as the place had apparently been raided. It was a major blow, but he was just thankful to be able to eat food again.

"Slow down," Piotr said. "You're going to get chocked up."

Pyro stopped eating and finally looked up at the both of them with their shocked faces. He just smiled. "Yeah, sorry. It's been awhile since I've had anything to eat."

"It's alright, John," Bobby said. "You won't have to worry about starving any longer if you remain here... I hope you do."

"That is what Dr. Grey wanted after all..."

Piotr was confused. "What?"

"Don't worry about it, Piotr," Bobby said. "Could you give John and me a few here? We need to discuss something."

"Sure. I was going to go to the pool for some laps anyway." Piotr stood up and left, taking what was left of his sandwich with him.

'Taking laps around the pool, huh?' Pyro thought to himself. 'Piotr all wet and shirtless... Now that would be a nice sight to behold...'

"So, John, what's with all this stuff about Dr. Grey?" Bobby asked.

"Well, apparently she and Scott had a little accident at Alkali Lake," Pyro informed.

"Yeah, Logan and Miss Munroe found Dr. Grey unconscious. But they couldn't find Cyclops anywhere."

"That's because they didn't look hard enough. He was thrown half a mile into the woods, but before that happened, there was some sort of... What would you call it?"

"Power transference, John," Jean Grey's echo said.

"Yeah, a power transference of some sort," Pyro said. "A small part of her lives on inside Scott's subconscious mind, Bobby. I know that's a stretch, but the fact is, she was the one thing that was keeping Scott alive, and is still keeping him alive while Dr. McCoy works on him. His spine suffered massive damage when he crashed into a tree. If it hadn't been for her holding him together for so long, he would've died instantly most likely."

"Alright, but that still doesn't explain to me why Dr. Grey choose to ask you for help over someone from here."

"I can't tell you that, Bobby."

"Why not?"

"Because it's a personal issue that I don't know I can trust you with."

Bobby sighed. This was getting nowhere. He had to figure out a way to get Bobby to open up to him. "How about this. We'll go up to the old dorm room and continue this there where we know we won't be bothered by anyone walking in, like could happen here. No one else uses that dorm. It's stayed empty."

"Empty? You don't use it anymore?"

"After I became an X-Man, they gave me one of the bigger rooms on the other side of the mansion... Besides, I think all of your stuff is still in the old room. We never moved any of it out, and you never came back to at the very least get your stuff, so the place is basically like it was left, except my stuff was moved to my new room. Come on. Let's go up there."

"Yeah, whatever." Pyro finished the spaghetti, stood up and walked out of the room with Bobby following after him as they made their journey toward the dorm room that they once shared together not too awful long ago.