AN: Finally! Here's the new chapter people. I scribbled it rather hastily so I may end up revising. I hate my vocabulary. PLEASE R&R!
Jesse Tuck had never been in a real fight.
Yeah, there had been the barely avoided fisticuffs in lowlife bars and an occasional brawl, but never a real, bloody-nose, broken-leg fight.
The jet suddenly nosedived. Jean literally shoved Kurt and Jesse from their seats, stuffing parachutes into their hands. Just before the jet crashed into the muddy earth, Jesse, Kurt, Jean and Logan bailed out.
It was raining. The group sank into mud that covered their ankles, the parachutes pooling around them.
And holding the leash to the fallen jet stood Magneto.
Jesse looked the man over. The curved helmet did nothing to diminish his aura of severity.
Being faced with a real battle for the first time, no one could blame the youngest Tuck if his reaction was somewhat naive.
"Blast."
"Jesse!" Kurt called from across the field. The youngest Tuck spun on his heel and ducked, driving into his attacker's legs and crashing into the mud. Toad's amphibious eyes glared blankly as Jesse attempted to pin down his arms and keep his mouth closed. Behind him Jean and Mystique were battling around the fallen jet, both watching Magneto as he circled Scott and Logan.
Toad bucked his torso, throwing Jesse off him into the mud. Kurt ran to the jet and climbed inside. Using a piece of shrapnel from the crash, he severed the seat belts and raced back to the fight.
Jesse snapped his face out of the ground, swiping the mud from his eyes and kicking upwards into Toad's chin. The mutant spun backwards before coming at him again, tongue flashing. Kurt jumped on him from above, locking his slender wrists around Toad's throat. Jesse spared a glance at Jean and Ororo- Mystique had Jean cornered. Scott was unconscious on the ground and Magneto held Logan in the air, metal claws being pulled in painful angles. Ororo sent a burst of lightning into Mystique's morphing form, knocking her to the ground where Jean held her with telekinesis.
Kurt locked his legs around Toad's chest and flung himself backward, pulling Toad on top of him. Jesse grabbed a piece of the jet's wing and clapped it to Toad's face just before he spat. The steel was glued to his mouth, blocking his vision. Kurt wrapped the seat belts around his ankles and hands before knocking him out. Jesse looked up at him. Nightcrawler.
And Kurt grinned, as though reading his mind. "We need to get a name for ya."
Jesse smiled. "I'd like that."
Kurt looked over to Logan and Magneto. Jesse looked on as blood dripped from Wolverine's hands. And he knew what he had to do.