Chapter 9 – This happened
Healer was walking down the hallways when she suddenly heard rage filled screams from the quarters belonging to Quicksilver and the Scarlet witch… or only Scarlet witch now that her brother had been banished… and almost killed. Healer heard things smash and went over carefully. Maybe Quicksilver had gotten back to the base and was attacking the Scarlet witch. Being as fast as he is he could easily get passed every security system. She nearly slapped herself when she remembered that their base was moving in the sky. There was no way he could get aboard. She went over to the door and knocked.
"My lady", she called softly and the trashing stopped. "Lady Lensherr are you alright?"
The door opened and Wanda looked out at her, she had tears of rage going down her face.
"Come in Healer", she said and stepped aside. She entered the quarters and saw that all of Pietro's belongings and the pictures of him and Wanda were all trashed.
"Oh my gosh, my lady what happened", Healer asked as she bent down to pick up some glass.
"My traitorous brother happened", Wanda snarled. "I just… wanted to let out my frustrations…"
"So you thought trashing your quarters would do it?"
"Healer have you ever smashed something when you're really angry?"
"No My Lady I haven't."
"It's nice you should try it."
"So is your anger the only reason you're doing this", Healer asked and continued to pick up glass.
"No… I guess I just want to get rid of everything", Wanda bent down and started to help the doctor. "I feel so betrayed. Pietro has always been my best friend and we've been doing everything together. Now he went over to those fucking X-men… the people that captured and tortured me!" Things started to shake and Healer felt a bit scared.
"Didn't your father say they'd changed his memories", she asked carefully. "If that's the case we might be able to change them back my Lady."
"I don't think so", Wanda shook his head. "We have no telepath powerful enough to do it."
"But maybe if he sees some of these pictures", Healer began and held one up.
"Maybe", Wanda looked at the picture and then snatched it and started to tear it to pieces. It was one of her Pietro and Pyro. "That fucking, sneaky, traitorous, slimy, horrible, false CASANOVA!"
Things exploded and Healer ducked under the table for cover.
"I take it you don't take Pyro leaving so good my Lady…" she said when Wanda had calmed down a bit.
"No", Wanda huffed. "That sneaky Aussie… I hate him! I hate him! I… I love him!" Wanda broke down and started crying and Healer hurried over and held her. Wanda clung to the pink-haired girl and sobbed into her shoulder.
"I know how you feel mistress", Healer said and felt her own tears pour down her cheeks. "I've also been betrayed of the person I love."
"Oh", Wanda asked and sniffled. "Who?"
"Your brother…"
Wanda stiffened and then chuckled. "As if I didn't see that one coming…"
"Hey let's see if we find some other photos", Healer said and lead Wanda to Pietro's room, Wanda herself had lost her pictures a long time ago. That was what she "remembered" if you know what I mean.
In the meantime Pyro was being grilled by the X-men, since all the grownups were in the infirmary to check on Pietro.
"I'm telling ya it's not what ya think mate", John said to Gambit. Who'd tied him to a office chair. "I'm not a spy!"
"Ha", Gambit said. "Come on Pyro tell Gambit what you and Quicksilver are planning."
"We ain't planning anything", Pyro said and Gambit shrugged and started to spin the chair and it went pretty fast.
"Gambit stop doing that", Piotr said and walked over and stopped the chair. "How are you feeling John?"
"I think I'm starting to lose it", Pyro said. "I see four of you…"
"This isn't leading us anywhere", Lance sighed.
"I'm telling ya", Pyro shouted. "We ain't spies. Well we kinda were but not on you!"
"Come again", Scott asked.
"Aw Jesus okay here we go", Pyro took a deep breath. "Pietro-never-got-his-memories-changed-how-I-don't-know-he-refused-to-tell-me-he's-been-spying-for-Wolverine-ever-since-he-was-brainwashed-and-Magneto-didn't-suspect-a-thing-until-today-and-you-all-saw-what-happened-the-girl-with-me-and-Pietro-was-Healer-Magneto's-doctor-mutant-her-power-is-to-heal-any-injury." Pyro told that in one breath, giving Pietro a run for his money in speed talking.
"Come again", Gambit said but Lance, used to Pietro's fast talk walked over slowly and grabbed the arm rests of the chair and pulled Pyro close to his face.
"Did you just say Pietro never lost his memories", Lance asked nervously.
"Yeah mate", Pyro said.
"X-men", Xavier said as he and the grownups entered the room again. "Let Pyro go."
"But professor", Kitty began but the professor held up his hand.
"He is not our enemy and he never was Kitty… now I think there's someone you all want to meet."
The grownups stepped aside and let in a pale young man.
"Hi", he said smiling softly.
"Mate you're okay", Pyro exclaimed and rushed his friend and hugged him hard. Piotr had released his Australian friend at the professor's orders. The other young man returned the hug. The Pyro eye's flashed and he smacked the other up the head.
"I told you", he snapped. "I told ya to be careful ya stupid idiot! Mate you almost gave me a heart attack! Pietro do a thing like that again and I'll kill ya!"
Pietro chuckled. "I'll think about it." Pietro was out of uniform and was wearing a pair of pale blue jeans, black shoes and a black loose hanging sweater.
"No not think", John snapped. He too out of uniform. He was wearing black jeans and a red T-shirt. "Promise!"
"Okay, okay I promise just calm down you crazy Aussie."
"Do you believe this guy", John asked Logan. "He's the one playing a dangerous game that almost took his life and he claims that I'm the crazy one!"
Logan just chuckled and then the room went quiet. Everyone was staring at Pietro, Lance was the first to speak.
"T-Tro i-is what Pyro said true", he asked.
Pietro smiled at him and nodded.
"Pietro", Lance then exclaimed and threw his arms around his friend and hugged him hard. Todd joined in, as did Tabitha, Remy, Piotr and Fred. The Brotherhood was together again and so was part of the Acolytes.
Lance felt that his tears were near to start falling. Todd and Fred was crying and so was Tabby, but he didn't want to. He looked up from his arms and found he was staring into Pietro's blue eyes and saw that he too was crying.
"It's okay Lance", he said softly. "Crying is no sign of weakness sometimes they just show that you're extremely happy."
Lance then broke down and hugged Pietro harder than ever. He felt the others let go and he guessed everyone was now looking at them. He didn't care about if the others thought he was weak, his best friend was back and he remembered them all. When I finally calmed down he felt Pietro's arms leave the embrace as the speed demon backed away to look at the others. He smiled softly at the X-men and to his surprise everyone smiled back. He saw Roberto and Bobby twitch a little as if they were debating to hug him or not. Pietro chuckled and with a familiar gust of wind he ran over and pulled them into a hug that they returned cheerfully. After they let go he felt a hand clap his shoulder and he turned to see Scott smile at him. Scott patted his shoulder and then walked over to Jean. Kurt, Kitty and Rouge also hugged him but only briefly and he got some more pats on the back.
"Now when we've welcomed Pietro back to us", the professor said and turned to John. "What do you say Mr. Allerdyce? Do you want to join the X-men?"
"I go where ever this lunatic goes", John said and threw his arm around Pietro's shoulder. "We're a two for one deal right mate?"
"Whatever makes you happy you crazy Aussie."
"I'm not crazy mate, just over-enthusiastic!"
"Isn't that like same thing", Kitty asked.
John thought for a moment. "Maybe you're right Shelia."
"My name is Kitty."
"Shelia means girl", Pietro, Remy and Piotr explained in unison.
"What are you triplets", Lance asked and they all laughed.
"Yo I wanna know how come Tro ain't lost his memories yo", Todd said and jumped onto Fred's shoulder. Everyone turned to the speed demon. This rolled his eyes.
"Fine", he said. "This is what happened…"
Flashback
"Don't come near me sicko", Pietro yelled at Mastermind as this got closer, his eyes gleaming. "What have you done to Wanda?!"
"Changed her memories", Mastermind answered softly. "Just like I'm about to do yours."
Pietro trashed and tried to get loose but he was hold too hard by the metal cuffs. Mastermind suddenly started to sweat and shake and then without warning he fell backwards and landed on his rear and started panting. Pietro looked at him confused and Mastermind sat up and looked at him. Pietro focused and found his memory intact.
"What happened", he asked and looked at Mastermind who looked really scared.
"Your thoughts", he said frightened. "They move so quick I can't get hold of your memories… Magneto will punish me for sure! He may even kill me!"
Pietro smirked at the scared man, he knew it was cruel but this man had hurt Wanda and tried to make Pietro a loyal lackey to Magneto… someone he wouldn't suspect!
"Sometime my brain is too fast even for me", he said happily.
"What are you talking about?"
"Mastermind", Pietro's face turned determent and calm. "Let's make a deal."
"What kind of deal?"
"My friends need a spy in my oh so loving father's group. I'm gonna be that spy. You won't tell him and you'll tell me all of Wanda's false memories."
"Why?"
"Then I can act as if your brainwashing worked and I won't tell Magneto you couldn't do it. Do we have a deal?"
Mastermind looked at the boy.
"He look so much like his father", he thought. "But still he doesn't."
Pietro waited and then Mastermind rose and sighed.
"Deal Mr. Lensherr."
"Maximoff", Pietro corrected.
"Not if you lived the way you should remember."
After Mastermind told Pietro about all his memories he called Magneto and the powerful mutant entered the room just as Mastermind let Pietro loose. The boy looked slightly dizzy.
"How are you feeling son", Magneto asked friendly and put his arm around Pietro's shoulders.
"Fine dad", Pietro answered. "I'm a bit dizzy that's all." He looked around confused. "What happened?"
"You were attacked by the X-men."
At the mention of the name Pietro's eyes went dark.
"Isn't that the same bastards that kidnapped Wanda, tortured her, experimented on her and tried to rape her?"
"Exactly. They tried to take you too but you outran them. But their horrible telepath Jean Grey used her telekinesis on you and flung you against a wall. Your memories got strange and Mastermind here sorted them out. Let's see if it worked… who are you?"
"I'm Pietro Eric Lensherr. I'm seventeen years old and have a twin sister named Wanda Magda Lensherr. We grow up with you our dad Eric Magnus Lensherr. All three of us are mutants and are fighting to make us rule the world. Humans have hurt us in the past that's why we fight them so badly. Here you have a team called the Acolytes which Wanda and I are a part of. The other members are Gambit, Sabertooth, Colossus, the Blob and Pyro. Mastermind isn't really an Acolyte only one you trust very much. He helped homeschooled me and Wanda after mom was killed by Xavier and Mystique."
"We don't need to get into those bad memories son. Now let's go find your sister. So we can all be together again."
Pietro felt like crap lying to his friends and when he saw the hurt on their faces he nearly wanted to run over to join them. But there was no way back now. When he saw that Gambit had joined them he had to keep himself form smiling and he knew that now would Colossus and hopefully Blob and Pyro join the X-men too. But he knew Pyro would stay with him… that's just how John was.
"Pietro", Lance exclaimed. "You traitor", Tabitha yelled at him. Pietro hoped he looked confused.
"Tro why are you doing this", Lance asked and stepped forward. "You said you had had enough of this!"
Pietro looked at Lance and said in the most confused voice he could muster:
"Who are you?"
Lance opened his mouth to say something but no words came out. The professor used his powers but Pietro's helmet blocked him out, just as Magneto's did.
"Eric what have you done", he asked.
"I haven't done anything Charles. You and your X-men kidnapped my daughter and put her through horrible experiments." Magneto put his arm around Wanda and Pietro's eyes flashed dangerously.
"Are these them father", Pietro asked venomously, the feelings he used when he spoke were the ones he truly felt for his "father".
"Maximoff snap out of it", Lance yelled.
"Whoever you are talking to", Pietro growled. "You can only pray he'll be able to hear ya punk."
"You're him yo", Todd said and jumped towards him. "You're Pietro Maximoff dude!"
"My name is Pietro Lensherr ya pest!" He kicked towards Toad.
"Pietro no", Eric said softly. "Help Blob, Colossus and Pyro take them back to a cell. We'll deal with these traitors later. Bring Gambit with you."
"Traitor", Pietro hissed at Gambit as he, Pyro, Blob and Colossus used one of Pyro's big fire beasts to force the X-men towards a cell.
"Come on Tro", Lance said. "Snap out of it! We're best friends remember! We were the Brotherhood with Todd and Fred!"
"I don't know what you talk about X-man. But Fred has always worked for my father as an Acolyte."
"Dude I don't know what they did to your head yo", Todd said. "But that's bullcrap!"
"No it's not… Colossus, Blob lock them in." Pietro pushed Logan towards a cell. But what no one noticed was how Quicksilver used his powers to put a note in Logan's pocket. After that everything went black when something collided with the back of his head. Pietro had woken up and found out that Blob and Colossus had betrayed him. He smiled to himself but was a bit worried because Pyro was still there… now there was no way back.
End of flashback
"And that's the whole story", Pietro said from his spot on the couch between Lance and Gambit. "I've been relaying information to Logan and later on to Storm."
"I caught Pietro sneaking in the mansion", Ororo said.
"That night", Jean exclaimed. "That night you said he was there and Logan said you were just tired!"
"Yes", Ororo said and nodded. "That's correct. I'd noticed that someone was around the mansion at night. When I saw Pietro Logan took me back to my room where he and Pietro explained that Pietro was our spy."
"Wait", Ray said. "So you're Peter?"
"Yes", Pietro answered.
"What were you doing here at night", Todd asked.
"Relaying info to Logan and looking after my buddies."
"How sweet", Lance teased.
"Shut it Alvers you did the same thing back at the boarding house."
They laughed again.
"So", Scott asked. "What do we do now?"
Everyone turned to the professor.
"We find a way to stop Eric", he said. "And to get Wanda back."
TBC sorry for not updating in a while... my muse took a vacation