I hope you all enjoy this last chapter.

This is dedicated to all of those crazy, sexy, and beautifully terrible men of X that we love. Whether for their characters or their character portrayals. Thanks for making us fall in love with you

"Let go of me," Jessica screamed. "Let go of me you bastard!"

"Afraid I can't do that love," Cain Marco answered. He held Jessica's wrists to where if she used her powers she would hit herself; she could do no real damage. They were in some underground hideaway, made of cool hard metal.

Must be Magneto's lair, she thought.

Magneto stood in front of her with a triumphant smile on his lips.

"Victor, what the hell is going on," Jessica said frightened. She hated feeling weak and like prey.

"Sorry, just doin' my job," he answered without remorse.

"You bastard! You fucking bastard!," Jessica screamed and tried to kick Victor's leg.

She missed.

"You actually thought he wanted you," Magneto said with a thick chuckle. "Oh no my dear he's all animal."

"What about that moment. . . In the woods," Jessica said, her voice cracking.

"I wanted to have a little fun," Victor said cooly.

Jessica looked at Victor who shrugged his shoulders at her.

"We had to have some way to get Pyro back to us," Magneto said. Jessica's eyes widened.

"That's why you did this? You're going to kidnap me and use me as bait so John'll rejoin your precious Brotherhood?"

"He's valuable to us my dear," Magneto said.

Jessica thought for a moment. "I'm more valuable than he is. Take me."

"Very noble of you but you'll run like prey back to the mansion first chance we give you," Victor said.

Jessica sneered at him with her teeth bared. Victor returned the sneer with a much sharper grin.

"Put those gloves on her, and that gag," Magneto said. "Then leave the locking up to me."

Victor put a piece of duct tape over Jessica mouth. She looked up at him like she wanted to rip out his heart and eat it for breakfast. He have her a "whatever" glance. Then he put fire retardant gloves over her hands.

"I'm really sorry about this," Victor said with a chuckle. "Not."

Jessica was screaming multiple expletives at him through the tape which made Victor chuckle even more. He gave her a quick wink and left the room. Magneto stood in the doorway ready to put the chains on her.

"You know my girl we could do much worse to you, and we will if Pyro doesn't cooperate," he said as he put the handcuffs and chains on her wrists and ankles with his powers. Then he locked the door to the cage and she was left alone in the dark.

Jessica stayed in the darkness or two days only to be fed twice a day when Victor felt like it.

Then, one morning the light was turned on for good. Jessica squinted up at the bright fluorescent bulbs and the door opened. John was shoved inside the room and fell on his knees. Blood was leaking form his left temple smearing his blond hair pink. His mouth was taped shut. It looked like he had been tortured or at least beaten. He couldn't bend all the way up. He looked up at Jessica with a tired-eyed stare.

It was a look that pleaded with her to help him. Or let them kill him. What could she do? She was chained to this fucking wall! Jessica let out a helpless scream as she tugged at the chains around her wrists that were connected to the wall. But no matter how much she pulled there was no way she was going to loosen them. She bowed her head defeated.

"Now, you will either join us or she dies or you do. It's your choice," Magneto said pulling the tape off of John's mouth.

John spit at Magneto's feet and Magneto gave a thick chuckle.

"We will get you to change you mind," he said.

Victor kicked John in the stomach and John went down to the floor lying on his side. He let out a gurgly cough and blood stained the metallic tiles lining the floor. John's eyes were closed and Jessica could see he was breathing heavily. He looked at her again as Victor's foot connected with his back.

Jessica was so angry and wanted to intervene that her body temperature was rising. It was boiling so hot that it was melting the tape off her mouth.

"Stop it! You're killing him," Jessica scramed.

"All he has to do is join us again and we'll let him up," Magneto said.

"Never…," John whispered.

John writhed in pain on this cold tile floor, his blood spewing molted heat. He was growing tired and Jessica could see it. But, he was trying to tell her something! She had to think of something to do. Jessica tried and tried to make her powers manifest even though her hands were covered by the fire proof gloves.

"Hey," Jessica cried. The group looked over at her. "Aren't you forgetting something?"

Magneto looked dumb struck.

"Aren't you forgetting that he and I are like gasoline and matches," Jessica said with a small smirk on her face.

At that moment Jessica's entire body engulfed in flames like a phoenix rising from the ashes. John saw what she was doing and he stood up and took her inner flame into his palms. John hit Sabertooth and Juggernaut first but when he got to Magneto he stopped.

"You can't do it can you," Magneto accused.

There was a dark defeat and fear in John's eyes.

"You always were weak," Magneto chided.

"No John, don't listen to him," Jessica screamed.

John looked up at Magneto with the coldest stare that a man of fire could ever produce and Magneto knew that John was not indeed weak as the orange-yello flames came towards him and licked at his skin. John got himself to his feet. He took a moment to shake himself back into reality and then went over help Jessica out of her prison. After she was loose she wrapped her arms around her lover and held him close as possible.

"How did you do that," Pyro asked Jessica.

"I don't know. I guess I just love you so much," she replied.

John gave her that mischievous grin of his and they proceeded to walk out of this hell-hole they had been dragged into. A voice broke out of the chaos.

"Not bad."

"Where the hell did you come from," John asked Warren.

"Just in case you needed a hand. I saw when they took you. Been scouting out the place for a while," Warren answered.

As John and Jessica walked further out of the build into the light of day they saw the rest of the X-Men there.

"Let's get these wounds cleaned up," Jessica said touching John's left temple.

John let out a sigh, "Yeah, let's go home."

THE END

Don't be sad that it's over. In the words of Eric from Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, "All stories, even the ones we love, must eventually come to an end. . . And when they do, it's only and opportunity for another story to begin.

And so my children that's what I must do. And another story WILL begin. =)

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