"Great Job out there Bobby." Logan said congratulating Bobby back at the Academy. " You hit her square on. When do you get such perfect aim?" Bobby was still in shock after seeing his ex-girlfriend after four years. "I think i am going to be on watch duty." he said walking over to the room where all the cameras were located. The X-Men had three cameras positioned on Chelsea's room.
Opening the door and stepping inside, Bobby quietly asked Storm if she had any showed any signs of waking up. Storm said there was no change and Bobby said that he would take over for her. Bobby sat there for ten minutes observing Chelsea. She seemed a lot different then he remembered her.
Her hair was razored and if possible it was darker. Since she was sleeping, he couldn't see her eyes but he had a feeling that they were still the same colors that he loved. Her interrogation was not supposed to start until tomorrow but Bobby thought that maybe when she woke up he could go in there and talk to her first before Logan or Jean did. Fifteen minutes passed before he saw signs of movement in Chelsea's room. She was just beginning to open her eyes and she was moving her hands looking like she was ready to make a blast at the door. Shutting off all three cameras, Bobby ran down the stairs into her cell as fast as he could. He opened the door shutting it with a bang and took a seat on the bench near the door
. He sat there for a few moments trying to catch his breath when he heard a laugh and then the voice of Chelsea say, "A little out of shape are you Iceman?" He looked up at her and fire eyes connected with ice ones. Seconds ticked away as neither said anything. Finally Bobby broke the silence by saying, "Yea but at least i wasn't knocked unconscious by a small puny ice blast." Chelsea's face took on the emotion of anger and confusion. "That was you! What the hell was that for? You stupid assholes never fight fair." "And you did? You kept hitting us with fire blast after fire blast. When did you become so strong?" Bobby asked.
The Chelsea he knew was a Class 2 when she left. "When i became a Class 3. You should be afraid. i am almost a Class 4 and i could kick you ass right now if i wanted too. And what are you doing down here anyway? I know they couldn't have made you an interrogator." Chelsea was agitated and pissed. She never imagined it would be Bobby down here talking to her. Bobby said, "I'm not. I just wanted a chance to talk to you. Explain ... things." Bobby wanted to tell her about what really happened with Rogue that night and how she should come back to the Academy.
Chelsea put her black converse on the table. "How are you and that boyfriend-stealing whore doing?" she asked. Bobby looked at her. Was she just avoiding what he really came there to do or was she really curious? "Fine I guess. We aren't like a normal couple."Bobby replied. This time Chelsea let out a full-blown laugh. She was laughing so hard there was tears coming out of her eyes. Bobby froze them with one sweep of his hand. She stopped immediately. "That wasn't cool," she said. Then realizing the joke she had just made, she started laughing even harder then before. "Stop. Come on Chelsea. I came to talk to you about serious things and all you want to do is laugh." Bobby was getting impatient. His time was running out and he knew that if he didn't do it now then he would never have the courage to do it another time.
"What Bobby? Are you just going to sit there and tell me how kissing Rogue wasn't your fault and how your really sorry and all that bullshit? Well if it was a mistake that you wished it never happened the why are you still with her?" Chelsea asked. She looked up at him curiosity splayed across her face. Bobby opened his mouth but then shut it again. He couldn't put together any words that would satisfy both himself and Chelsea. Seeming satisfied, Chelsea turned her back on him like she had done four years ago.
This time Bobby wasn't going to take it. Walking up to her, he put his hand on her back shyly. She jumped at the sudden coldness and took his hand in hers attempting to burn it. "Why isn't this burning you?" Chelsea asked. "I keep the room at a temperature where your powers cannot really affect me." Bobby said smugly. For a minute or two, they held hands. Each of them trying to adjust to the warmth or the coolness they felt from it. "Chelsea" Bobby said quietly barely audible.
"Do you think there is ever a chance we could get together again?" The minute Bobby said it, he wished he could take it back. The moment was too perfect but he had to ruin it with his stupid question. But this was the only way to get closure for what they had or maybe depending on her answer on what they have. Chelsea pulled her hand away. From where they were holding hands, steam rose up. she sat back down on her bench and a mix of emotions was running through her.
Then without hesitation, she came back with her one word reply, "No." She turned around to show that she was done with the conversation. Bobby turned to leave but he said, "I think that maybe we could." With that, he left.
Chelsea was getting tired of waiting. It had been four days that she was being held captive in the Academy and she wasn't going to wait around for the fifth. It wasn't that they were torturing her or anything, it was she hated being cooped up for an extended period of time and Jean and Logan's talks on self-riotousness were getting just a tad bit boring. Also thanks to Bobby, her powers were confined because of the steady temperature of the room.
This constant waiting left her time to think about Bobby and his last words to her. The minute he walked into her room she noticed him. And boy had he gotten cuter. He developed nice muscles not to big but not unbelievably small either. She also loved how his hair got lighter so it was more a dirty blonde now. She knew that her and Bobby's relationship was over because she was now the enemy and there was no way they could be together. But apparently Bobby felt differently.
"What a dumb-ass. He knows there is no way that we could be together." Chelsea thought. Then she heard the click of the door and saw Bobby walk through. "What the hell took you so long? If I had to stay in here one more day, I swear when you did come i was going to beat the living shit out of you. And really that was what you had to look like. Anyone you could have picked would have been fine" Chelsea told 'Bobby'. It was actually Mystique who came to rescue Chelsea and bring her back to the Brotherhood. Chelsea didn't trust many people but she always knew that she could count on Mystique to have her back in the Brotherhood.
" I was finding out information. Calm down. This seemed like a logical disguise. I could have came as Rogue" Mystique said in a stern but comic voice. Mystique took a look around and Chelsea knew what she was searching for. "I got them." Chelsea said and with three blasts the cameras went up in flames. "Hurry before anyone knows you left." Mystique ordered and they took off down the hall. They were on the roof in ten seconds flat and leaving the Academy behind before anyone even noticed they were gone.