Title: A Spark Of Good From The Burn Of Evil
Rating: FRT
Disclaimer: I own Ashley, nothing more. Just the idea.
Spoilers: X1, X2, X3
Summary: Your past is the blueprint for your future. Rogue knew this better than anyone. Future fic. Ryro, slight RoLo, Bobby/Roge vibes.
Most characters will have a slight bit of OOC, but given the storyline, I don't know how they'd react to this situation.
I changed a few things from the movie, so it's possible AU.
Within an instant, Magneto had the claw baring Wolverine held motionless against the far wall of the hallway. Logan struggled against the hold, to no avail. Callisto had also bound at Storm, who were now half way down the hall giving the other everything they had.
Magneto then directed his attention to the three remaining figures. Pyro, Rogue and Ashley. With Charles in with Cerebro, this would be a short battle.
"Don't worry Pyro. I learned long ago that you never wear anything metal in my presence. However, there is one person who still has a minute amount running through her veins."
John didn't have time to ponder who that person would be when Marie shoved Ashley into his arms and was lifted into the air.
"Mommy!" Ashley screamed
That's right! She absorbed some of Magneto's power on Liberty Island.
Pyro moved Ashley so she was between him and the wall. He bent sown till he was at her level.
"I need you to stay here. Can you do that?" She nodded.
"Good."
John turned around to face Magneto who now had Wolverine and Rogue held up to the wall with one hand.
Though Magneto had a hold of the metal in her system, Rogue could still move. There wasn't a large enough trace of metal to disable her completely, allowing her to move, ever so slowly. It was like fighting your way through peanut butter.
"My terms are easy, Pyro. Them, for the girl."
"Don't do it, Pyro." and "No." came simultaneously from both Logan and Marie.
"Please, Pyro. I don't wish to fight you. Hand over the girl, and I'll release them."
John was at a crossroads. He had known for a long time that Magneto had learned about his supposed non-existent feelings for the youngest member of the X-Men. He had just hoped it would never be brought up.
Does he give up Rogue…and Wolverine… for his daughter? Does he give up his daughter for Rogue's safety?
"You're weak, John." Magneto told him as if he was no longer worthy of being called by his mutant name. "You don't want to give up your daughter nor do you want to give up her mother…and Wolverine." He said with disgust.
For as long as he could, Pyro had tried to hold off his anger. Getting mad and causing unnecessary danger won't help anything. John's anger was getting the better of him though. If it had of been just Wolverine, there'd be no problem but with Rogue now in Magneto's grasp, John felt conflicted.
Ashley was his daughter. There was no way in hell that he was going to give her up. And Rogue was his daughter's mother, and the woman he'd pined over for years, who he was definitely interested in even when he was with X-Men.
"Either way, you loose, John."
"No, you've lost. You came here for her," he said gesturing to Ashley. "You're leaving without."
And with that, Pyro lit a spark and directed his hand at Magneto, who had no time to react.
The sleeves of Magneto's cape instantly engulfed into flames. With no other choice, he released his hold on Rogue and Wolverine, and patted down his cape, flames crawling up his arms.
Rogue ran over to Ashley as Pyro watched Magneto trying to quell the flames.
Just as Wolverine moved to step, a body was hurled at him, he didn't have time to duck when he was knocked onto his stomach, by Storm's body colliding with his.
"Sorry." She said as she got up and headed down the hall to where she fought Callisto.
Magneto had just managed to extinguish the flames covering his cape when Pyro shot another at him. Moving as quickly out of the way as possible, Magneto raised both his hands.
The metal plaques that adorned the halls of the mansion sprung to life as they were turned into disks of floating projectile weapons.
Wolverine jumped behind a ceramic statue of Christopher Dunn, one of the very first mutants to ever be recorded in history, as the projectiles were launched.
Rogue was crouched over Ashley as Pyro continued to berate Magneto in flames while dodging the missiles.
Some plaques managed to make there way further down the hall where Storm and Callisto battled.
Callisto had Storm in a choke hold and was driving her knee into Storms ribs.
Storm was through with playing nice.
Her eyes went white as wind filled the hall Callisto was blown away from her hold on Storm and crashed into a wall. It took her seconds to regain her balance, but it was too late.
Storm conjured up a mini tornado that swept across the hall of the mansion towards Callisto. Callisto's speed couldn't help her out when she was pulled into the vortex of the tornado and flung out a bay window at the left of the hall. Glass shattering into a million pieces as Callisto fell four stories.
Storm ended the tornado and looked out the window. Callisto unconscious body lay sprawled on the mansion grounds.
Meanwhile, Pyro continued to assault Magneto with third degree burning flames, as plaque projectiles flew at him. When Pyro moved his head, he noticed he was coming face-to-face with a stray plaque.
He was about to duck, when the plaque exploded into tiny pieces. John turned around to see Ashley facing him from her position huddled underneath Rogue.
Another plaque exploded from behind him as Ashley continued to look fixedly at random plaques.
Marie watched in astonishment as random plaques would explode into oblivion.
Was she controlling it on her own? Marie thought, or is she exploding them from fear?
Once all the metal disks were thrown, Magneto was running out of options. Does he continue and try for the girl? Or does he leave without her?
When Pyro aimed another flame towards him he decided his second option would be the wisest…for now.
Bringing up his right hand, Magneto de-hinged the elevator door to his right, from its place on the wall, and used it as a shield from the flames. Then in one swift move he launched it towards the fellow mutants.
"John!" screamed Marie as he backed up and used his body to cover Marie and Ashley from the oncoming metal slab.
There's the battle...as lame as it was. 3 more chapters sniff
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Author's Note: Well, there's the fight. Ok? Awesome plaque idea, right? ;)
