"The Brother Hood." Rogue muttered as the four glared down at her.
Lance wasn't paying attention though. They were furious with the Goth. No little girl would take them down and not be punished for it! He reached down and with both hands grabbed her shirt near the collar and lifted her easily to her feet. She didn't fight, she just stared at him skeptically.
"Lance! Like, what is the meaning of this?" Kitty asked from behind her.
"Umm. do you know zem?" Kurt asked.
Toad replied. "I don't know 'them', but I know 'her'!"
Rogue eyed Lance who was holding her furiously. "Yo're two friends; the speedster and the blob head; have already felt mah touch, y'sure y'want t'join them?" Rogue threatened, beginning to remove a glove.
Lance's eyes widened, but Pietro was faster then Rogue. He was instantly at their side and was pulling her glove back on then holding it onto her wrist. "Idon'tthinkso! Notthistime!"
Piotr suddenly stood, hovering over even Fred. "What are you doing?" He asked in a threatened voice.
Fred stood up to his full height, but it still didn't beat Piotr's. "We're giving this girl what she asked for!" He replied smartly, though smartly for Fred obviously was still dumb.
Pyro and Gambit were the next to rise from their chairs. Pyro had opened a lighter and Remy was holding a card in his pocket. Rogue could just see it by turning her head, for a sliver showed beyond the cloth and it was bright red with kinetic energy.
"Look yo, this is between us and the Goth!" Toad said a bit shakily, backing away from Piotr whose fist turned metal.
"De fille's a teammate! Anyt'ing between you and her, it's between us too!" Gambit said firmly, and as seriously as she had seen him in Magneto's office. Well, she didn't know if it had been his office, but she only assumed.
Scott stood. "Alvers, what did she do to you?" He asked, venom in his voice. Rogue was a bit confused by that. Were the Brother Hood and these X- men friends, or enemies. Kitty had seemed friendly enough to Lance, but Scott seemed pretty. well. she didn't know.
"She attacked us! For no reason at all! At least, I can't think of one! What was your reason?" Lance demanded, shaking her.
Rogue shrugged, "Ah needed a challenge." She smiled. "Though Ah nevah found one."
"Why I outta!" Lance growled. The other Brother Hood members looked furious with this retort too.
"She was ordered to do it!" Someone interrupted Lance. It had been Pyro.
Rogue shrugged again. "Yeah, that's it too. Ah was ordered t'attack ya." Rogue replied.
"Ordered? By who? You with Xavier?" Toad asked.
"No! The professor vouldn't just send one of us to attack you for no reason!" Kurt replied quickly, standing up. "Shutupfuzzball!" Pietro growled.
"Fuzzball?" Rogue questioned, turning to glance at the white-haird boy who had insulted the German accented boy.
"Who sent the order?" Lance demanded, his eyes still intently furious on Rogue.
"Let go of her!" Piotr demanded, slightly raising his metal laminated fist.
"Who sent 'er is none o'yo business!" Remy replied, his sunglasses beginning to slide down his nose, which meant his demon-like eyes would be revealed if they went lower. His eyes were already flaring a bit red, but it was unnoticeable unless you really concentrated.
Lance didn't let go. He glanced at the others though. He then let go of Rogue; he noticed the metal hand of Piotr. He was a mutant too. The red head boy must also be, and the Cajun.
"Whatareyoudoing! Attackher!" Pietro urged Lance.
Rogue readjusted her shirt like nothing had happened and backed up.
"What's going on?" Evan asked.
All of a sudden the ground began to shake vigorously. It gave a large jolt and Pyro and Kurt was sent to the floor.
"Lance! Stop it!" Kitty squealed as she squirmed in her seat trying to stay balanced.
Rogue had positioned her feet apart and bent her knees to get into a more balanced position. Plus, all she needed to do was bring up her fists and she'd be in a fighting stance.
"Rogue!" Remy yelled from behind her. "Watch out! Above ya!"
Rogue dived to the ground and some of the ceiling fell on the spot she had been standing. The people in the food court were screaming and running to exits.
Pietro was soon on the Goth and he had taken a hand full of hair and was dragging her to her feet. Piotr charged at the small boy, but he easily moved out of the way, keeping his gloved hands twisted in the Goths hair. Rogue had lifted her hands to her head to try to untwist the boy's grip, but it was firm and when she tried to pry his hands out it hurt worse.
"Let go of her!" Pyro yelled as he turned his lighter on. He quickly controlled the flames, balling them in his fists. "I'm warning you speedy!"
Pietro moved Rogue in the space between him and Pyro. "Goahead! You'lljustbeburningher!"
Rogue took advantage of this distraction and kicked his shin hardly. He yelped in pain as the heel of Rogue's combat boot rammed into his shin. His grip loosened and Rogue ducked down, ripping her hair from his grip. She then put her hand to her head where he had been holding her to rub it.
The floor shook again and everyone this time besides Lance fell to the ground. "Alvers!" Scott growled. "You're going to get us revealed!"
"Oh whocares?" Pietro questioned as he finished massaging his shin.
Pyro sent his fire balls at Lance and he was forced to dive to the ground to avoid being singed.
"They're mutants too!" Evan observed.
"No really, y'think?" Rogue asked, her voice dripping with sarcasm as she stood.
Suddenly Rogue felt huge arms wrap around her, holding her arms down even more firmly this time then the last time she had fought the Brother Hood. The grip was so tight she could barely breathe.
A card flew over her head and exploded in the Blob's face. He staggered back and Piotr ripped the huge boy's arms away from Rogue.
"This jus' isn't mah day is it?" Rogue muttered. She was becoming a liability to them already. She bit her lip.
Out of the corner of her eye she saw Toad lung at her. She quickly ducked and he jumped over her. She then turned on him, punching at his nose. He jumped back. "Not this time yo! I'm prepared!"
Rogue leapt at him suddenly and he began to jump away but she got a grip on his ankle and she pulled him down. He fell hard onto the ground with a loud thud. She then thrust her foot at his neck, just stopping it on top of it.
Toad had clenched his eyes at the thought of the impact that would come, but opened them when all he felt was her boot placed firmly upon his neck.
Pyro was currently taking on the Blob, Lance was threatening Remy, and Remy was laughing at the fool. (A/N: I'm not trying to bash anyone, I can just imagine though, Remy smirking while Lance is threatening that he's going to do something to him! K?) Piotr was trying to attack Pietro, but couldn't catch the boy long enough to hurt him.
Finally Piotr managed to stop the speed demon and had a grip on the back of his shirt, holding the boy with his feet inches from the ground. He brought back a metal plated fist, then brought it down on the boy, stopping inches from his face. Piotr looked at his fist puzzled. It was as if he didn't mean to stop it, as if another force had stopped it.
"Might I remind you Colossus," Came a familiar, but not particularly welcoming, voice say. Magneto was walking toward the giant. "That, that is my son you have there."
"Yes sir," Piotr replied, he set Pietro down. "Sorry sir." Pietro took off and hid behind his dad. Magneto looked around. The X-men scattered confused on the ground, Toad under Rogue's foot, Blob surrounded by fire, and Gambit was behind Lance, a bow staff in hand and against Lance's neck, Remy's hand on either side of the staff so Lance couldn't do anything.
The X-men blinked as they stared up at Magneto. Rogue watched as a few of them mouthed his name in surprise and worry.
"Who started this?" Magneto demanded.
"Theydid!" Pietro growled, pointing at Piotr.
"We did not!" Pyro hissed back. "They just showed up and attacked Rogue. Saying something about her attacking them and them regaining their pride! Wanted to know who sent her."
Magneto looked back at his son, knowing he had lied. "Pietro, I was the one who sent the girl."
The X-men looked completely confused and they were wide-eyed. They knew Magneto, and knew that he was an enemy, and that they had been associating with his minions now.
"Yousenther?!" Pietro demanded.
"Yes. I had to test my newest recruit. She passed quite well." He replied, looking back at Rogue. The X-men's, brotherhood's and Acolyte's gazes followed.
Rogue just shrugged. Remy smiled broadly at her.
"I don't need my teams fighting! One or the other will become a liability. And," He continued, turning around to turn on Pietro. "I believe Rogue has proved that the brotherhood would be more of a liability then the acolytes.
"Acolytes?" Scott voiced. Magneto's attention turned to him.
"Ah yes, the X-men's team leader. Scott Summers; Cyclops." Magneto smiled. "My newest team. Piotr Rasputin, also known as Colossus." Magneto said, beckoning toward Piotr. Piotr nodded obediently.
"John Allerdyce, also known as Pyro." Magneto said, beckoning toward St. John. He did an elaborate bow, aimed mainly for Kitty. Kurt scowled.
"Remy Lebeau, also known as Gambit." Magneto said, now beckoning toward Remy. He did an even more elaborate bow, and this one was aimed in Jean's direction, and she blushed furiously, receiving a snort and a scowl form Scott.
"Rogue, known only as Rogue." Magneto then said, beckoning toward Rogue, and she simply nodded obediently toward him much as Piotr had, but his had been aimed out at anyone.
"And lastly, but not least, Victor Creed, also known as Sabertooth." Magneto announced and Victor stepped forward. No one had noticed him previously. "Now, we have other things to attend to." He then beckoned for his acolytes to come. Rogue let up her foot and Toad instantly leapt to his feet and held onto his neck as if it hurt terribly.
Pyro walked past Blob and let down his fire wall, and Remy removed his bow staff from pressing against Lance's neck and also walked toward Magneto who had turned his back on them and was now heading out of the food court.
The timing was perfect, for it was about that time when the police showed up to see what had happened in the food court and to mark it closed. The X- men and Brother Hood were caught up in the chaos of what in the world had happened there and what they were still doing there, but the acolytes had headed off into the mall to finish their shopping.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Pandoras Box1: Hey! Thanx for saying that I do Pyro's character well. I worried that I would get him all wrong. ^_^
Ambrosia: So sorry about all of the spelling errors. Yes. I did mean braun. Oh, and a wife beater is like a tank top for guys. Why in the world they were named that. I've no clue! I personally don't like the name, but hey, that's the name of it. As for the bonding, I don't really see any of them as the bonding type. Piotr seems to be a more to himself guy that doesn't talk much, Remy is too flirtatious, Pyro too laid back and uncaring and crazy, and Rogue is a stay to herself type girl. That's why there isn't that much bonding. I believe I've had a bit between Rogue and Piotr too. Perhaps I'm just doing horrible at it. As for vengeance seeking, perhaps there might be, but I don't have too many ideas for after this really. I mean, I've got a few, you know with school coming up and all for the acolytes, but as for Mystique and Magneto, I'm going to need a little help there. If you've got ideas. E-mail me.
UnknownSource: Gahh! I never knew I could disappoint a reader SO much! *shakes head* I'll consider it for you, but I Really don't even know how to start to get affection going on between the two and Romy is my favorite couple. *sniffles* SO sorry! Please forgive me. Perhaps you should write a Rogue/Pyro yourself. unless. of course. you've already written one? *shrugs* Oh well, I've no clue.
^Crysala^
Lance wasn't paying attention though. They were furious with the Goth. No little girl would take them down and not be punished for it! He reached down and with both hands grabbed her shirt near the collar and lifted her easily to her feet. She didn't fight, she just stared at him skeptically.
"Lance! Like, what is the meaning of this?" Kitty asked from behind her.
"Umm. do you know zem?" Kurt asked.
Toad replied. "I don't know 'them', but I know 'her'!"
Rogue eyed Lance who was holding her furiously. "Yo're two friends; the speedster and the blob head; have already felt mah touch, y'sure y'want t'join them?" Rogue threatened, beginning to remove a glove.
Lance's eyes widened, but Pietro was faster then Rogue. He was instantly at their side and was pulling her glove back on then holding it onto her wrist. "Idon'tthinkso! Notthistime!"
Piotr suddenly stood, hovering over even Fred. "What are you doing?" He asked in a threatened voice.
Fred stood up to his full height, but it still didn't beat Piotr's. "We're giving this girl what she asked for!" He replied smartly, though smartly for Fred obviously was still dumb.
Pyro and Gambit were the next to rise from their chairs. Pyro had opened a lighter and Remy was holding a card in his pocket. Rogue could just see it by turning her head, for a sliver showed beyond the cloth and it was bright red with kinetic energy.
"Look yo, this is between us and the Goth!" Toad said a bit shakily, backing away from Piotr whose fist turned metal.
"De fille's a teammate! Anyt'ing between you and her, it's between us too!" Gambit said firmly, and as seriously as she had seen him in Magneto's office. Well, she didn't know if it had been his office, but she only assumed.
Scott stood. "Alvers, what did she do to you?" He asked, venom in his voice. Rogue was a bit confused by that. Were the Brother Hood and these X- men friends, or enemies. Kitty had seemed friendly enough to Lance, but Scott seemed pretty. well. she didn't know.
"She attacked us! For no reason at all! At least, I can't think of one! What was your reason?" Lance demanded, shaking her.
Rogue shrugged, "Ah needed a challenge." She smiled. "Though Ah nevah found one."
"Why I outta!" Lance growled. The other Brother Hood members looked furious with this retort too.
"She was ordered to do it!" Someone interrupted Lance. It had been Pyro.
Rogue shrugged again. "Yeah, that's it too. Ah was ordered t'attack ya." Rogue replied.
"Ordered? By who? You with Xavier?" Toad asked.
"No! The professor vouldn't just send one of us to attack you for no reason!" Kurt replied quickly, standing up. "Shutupfuzzball!" Pietro growled.
"Fuzzball?" Rogue questioned, turning to glance at the white-haird boy who had insulted the German accented boy.
"Who sent the order?" Lance demanded, his eyes still intently furious on Rogue.
"Let go of her!" Piotr demanded, slightly raising his metal laminated fist.
"Who sent 'er is none o'yo business!" Remy replied, his sunglasses beginning to slide down his nose, which meant his demon-like eyes would be revealed if they went lower. His eyes were already flaring a bit red, but it was unnoticeable unless you really concentrated.
Lance didn't let go. He glanced at the others though. He then let go of Rogue; he noticed the metal hand of Piotr. He was a mutant too. The red head boy must also be, and the Cajun.
"Whatareyoudoing! Attackher!" Pietro urged Lance.
Rogue readjusted her shirt like nothing had happened and backed up.
"What's going on?" Evan asked.
All of a sudden the ground began to shake vigorously. It gave a large jolt and Pyro and Kurt was sent to the floor.
"Lance! Stop it!" Kitty squealed as she squirmed in her seat trying to stay balanced.
Rogue had positioned her feet apart and bent her knees to get into a more balanced position. Plus, all she needed to do was bring up her fists and she'd be in a fighting stance.
"Rogue!" Remy yelled from behind her. "Watch out! Above ya!"
Rogue dived to the ground and some of the ceiling fell on the spot she had been standing. The people in the food court were screaming and running to exits.
Pietro was soon on the Goth and he had taken a hand full of hair and was dragging her to her feet. Piotr charged at the small boy, but he easily moved out of the way, keeping his gloved hands twisted in the Goths hair. Rogue had lifted her hands to her head to try to untwist the boy's grip, but it was firm and when she tried to pry his hands out it hurt worse.
"Let go of her!" Pyro yelled as he turned his lighter on. He quickly controlled the flames, balling them in his fists. "I'm warning you speedy!"
Pietro moved Rogue in the space between him and Pyro. "Goahead! You'lljustbeburningher!"
Rogue took advantage of this distraction and kicked his shin hardly. He yelped in pain as the heel of Rogue's combat boot rammed into his shin. His grip loosened and Rogue ducked down, ripping her hair from his grip. She then put her hand to her head where he had been holding her to rub it.
The floor shook again and everyone this time besides Lance fell to the ground. "Alvers!" Scott growled. "You're going to get us revealed!"
"Oh whocares?" Pietro questioned as he finished massaging his shin.
Pyro sent his fire balls at Lance and he was forced to dive to the ground to avoid being singed.
"They're mutants too!" Evan observed.
"No really, y'think?" Rogue asked, her voice dripping with sarcasm as she stood.
Suddenly Rogue felt huge arms wrap around her, holding her arms down even more firmly this time then the last time she had fought the Brother Hood. The grip was so tight she could barely breathe.
A card flew over her head and exploded in the Blob's face. He staggered back and Piotr ripped the huge boy's arms away from Rogue.
"This jus' isn't mah day is it?" Rogue muttered. She was becoming a liability to them already. She bit her lip.
Out of the corner of her eye she saw Toad lung at her. She quickly ducked and he jumped over her. She then turned on him, punching at his nose. He jumped back. "Not this time yo! I'm prepared!"
Rogue leapt at him suddenly and he began to jump away but she got a grip on his ankle and she pulled him down. He fell hard onto the ground with a loud thud. She then thrust her foot at his neck, just stopping it on top of it.
Toad had clenched his eyes at the thought of the impact that would come, but opened them when all he felt was her boot placed firmly upon his neck.
Pyro was currently taking on the Blob, Lance was threatening Remy, and Remy was laughing at the fool. (A/N: I'm not trying to bash anyone, I can just imagine though, Remy smirking while Lance is threatening that he's going to do something to him! K?) Piotr was trying to attack Pietro, but couldn't catch the boy long enough to hurt him.
Finally Piotr managed to stop the speed demon and had a grip on the back of his shirt, holding the boy with his feet inches from the ground. He brought back a metal plated fist, then brought it down on the boy, stopping inches from his face. Piotr looked at his fist puzzled. It was as if he didn't mean to stop it, as if another force had stopped it.
"Might I remind you Colossus," Came a familiar, but not particularly welcoming, voice say. Magneto was walking toward the giant. "That, that is my son you have there."
"Yes sir," Piotr replied, he set Pietro down. "Sorry sir." Pietro took off and hid behind his dad. Magneto looked around. The X-men scattered confused on the ground, Toad under Rogue's foot, Blob surrounded by fire, and Gambit was behind Lance, a bow staff in hand and against Lance's neck, Remy's hand on either side of the staff so Lance couldn't do anything.
The X-men blinked as they stared up at Magneto. Rogue watched as a few of them mouthed his name in surprise and worry.
"Who started this?" Magneto demanded.
"Theydid!" Pietro growled, pointing at Piotr.
"We did not!" Pyro hissed back. "They just showed up and attacked Rogue. Saying something about her attacking them and them regaining their pride! Wanted to know who sent her."
Magneto looked back at his son, knowing he had lied. "Pietro, I was the one who sent the girl."
The X-men looked completely confused and they were wide-eyed. They knew Magneto, and knew that he was an enemy, and that they had been associating with his minions now.
"Yousenther?!" Pietro demanded.
"Yes. I had to test my newest recruit. She passed quite well." He replied, looking back at Rogue. The X-men's, brotherhood's and Acolyte's gazes followed.
Rogue just shrugged. Remy smiled broadly at her.
"I don't need my teams fighting! One or the other will become a liability. And," He continued, turning around to turn on Pietro. "I believe Rogue has proved that the brotherhood would be more of a liability then the acolytes.
"Acolytes?" Scott voiced. Magneto's attention turned to him.
"Ah yes, the X-men's team leader. Scott Summers; Cyclops." Magneto smiled. "My newest team. Piotr Rasputin, also known as Colossus." Magneto said, beckoning toward Piotr. Piotr nodded obediently.
"John Allerdyce, also known as Pyro." Magneto said, beckoning toward St. John. He did an elaborate bow, aimed mainly for Kitty. Kurt scowled.
"Remy Lebeau, also known as Gambit." Magneto said, now beckoning toward Remy. He did an even more elaborate bow, and this one was aimed in Jean's direction, and she blushed furiously, receiving a snort and a scowl form Scott.
"Rogue, known only as Rogue." Magneto then said, beckoning toward Rogue, and she simply nodded obediently toward him much as Piotr had, but his had been aimed out at anyone.
"And lastly, but not least, Victor Creed, also known as Sabertooth." Magneto announced and Victor stepped forward. No one had noticed him previously. "Now, we have other things to attend to." He then beckoned for his acolytes to come. Rogue let up her foot and Toad instantly leapt to his feet and held onto his neck as if it hurt terribly.
Pyro walked past Blob and let down his fire wall, and Remy removed his bow staff from pressing against Lance's neck and also walked toward Magneto who had turned his back on them and was now heading out of the food court.
The timing was perfect, for it was about that time when the police showed up to see what had happened in the food court and to mark it closed. The X- men and Brother Hood were caught up in the chaos of what in the world had happened there and what they were still doing there, but the acolytes had headed off into the mall to finish their shopping.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Pandoras Box1: Hey! Thanx for saying that I do Pyro's character well. I worried that I would get him all wrong. ^_^
Ambrosia: So sorry about all of the spelling errors. Yes. I did mean braun. Oh, and a wife beater is like a tank top for guys. Why in the world they were named that. I've no clue! I personally don't like the name, but hey, that's the name of it. As for the bonding, I don't really see any of them as the bonding type. Piotr seems to be a more to himself guy that doesn't talk much, Remy is too flirtatious, Pyro too laid back and uncaring and crazy, and Rogue is a stay to herself type girl. That's why there isn't that much bonding. I believe I've had a bit between Rogue and Piotr too. Perhaps I'm just doing horrible at it. As for vengeance seeking, perhaps there might be, but I don't have too many ideas for after this really. I mean, I've got a few, you know with school coming up and all for the acolytes, but as for Mystique and Magneto, I'm going to need a little help there. If you've got ideas. E-mail me.
UnknownSource: Gahh! I never knew I could disappoint a reader SO much! *shakes head* I'll consider it for you, but I Really don't even know how to start to get affection going on between the two and Romy is my favorite couple. *sniffles* SO sorry! Please forgive me. Perhaps you should write a Rogue/Pyro yourself. unless. of course. you've already written one? *shrugs* Oh well, I've no clue.
^Crysala^