Rebekah

I run towards the area I last saw Jean, my mind numb with shock. Isaac... bleeding out... Was this how he felt? This terribly hopeless feeling? I spot Jean lying unconscious on the ground and hurry over. She doesn't wake so all I can do is hope she's not got spinal damage or internal bleeding and hoist her over my shoulder. I start running but I staggered under Jean's weight. Shift, quickly. Shift! The Siberian tiger form is strong enough to carry her but... I follow the scent of blood. Logan has Isaac lifted over his shoulder but I curse in Cat. We were relying on either Isaac or Jean being conscious to get us off this floating death trap. Logan jerks his head and we run over towards... Boats! We've saved! Or not... They're pulling away, the workers leaving. No!

And then something clasps me around the waist, there's a rush of air and I'm unceremoniously dumped on the ground, Quicksilver giving me a cocky smirk as I shift.

"Who just saved your furry -?"

"Yeah, , you're a real hero, Hg."

"What?"

"Quicksilver. Old-fashioned name for Mercury, chemical symbol Hg."

He raises an eyebrow.

"Are you insane?"

I shrug and hold my first two fingers about an inch apart.

"A little. Only enough to cope with this horrific experience that must surely be a dream as normal people don't suddenly get swept into comics."

I collapse backwards.

"Where's Isaac and Logan?"

"Got them first. Had to drop them off a little back from here, else he'd have taken my head off."

I check Jean's pulse and breathing. Then sniff the air.

"You better go. He's coming."

Quicksilver turns to go.

"And Pietro?"

He stops and looks over his shoulder.

"Thanks."

He flashes me that cocky grin then shoots off in a blur of silvery-blue. I sit down and wait for Logan to come. Wonder when Isaac'll wake up? He's going to have a killer headache.

Isaac

I sat up. Everything seemed too bright and my head was throbbing unmercifully. I checked all around us. We were sitting on a small beach. On the horizon I could see wisps of smoke from the burning oil platform.

"About time you woke up," Logan grumbled.

"How did we get here?"

"Quicksilver helped," Bekah said. "How's the head?"

I ground my teeth together as another wave of pain hit me. "Think of getting hit repeatedly in the head with an axe and you might start to understand the pain I'm in."

"You could have died," Logan said. "With a head wound like that you should never fall asleep."

"How's Jean?" I asked trying to stand up. Halfway I realized what a terrible idea it was and sat back down with my head in my hands.

"She'll be fine but she's in no state to fight."

"What do you mean?"

"Magneto wasn't here," Logan said. "When he finds out what we've done..."

"We're as good as dead," Rebekah said.

I groaned. "I don't need this."

"Neither did I!" A voice roared behind us.

Before any of us could move we were wrapped in metal.

Sabretooth, Toad, Sabretooth, Mastermind and Magneto stood in front of us. Blob must have still been out of commission.

"Do you know what you've done?" Magneto shouted crushing us with the tendrils of steel. I could

hear Logan grunt and Bekah growl as the bars got tighter. To be honest, my head was hurting , more than my body so I was okay. I smiled.

"What's so funny?" Magneto almost screamed tightening my bonds again. That just made me laugh more and even Logan was chuckling. I must have a concussion I deduced. I was standing in front of one of the most powerful super villains in the world and I was laughing.

"Sorry, it's just you're not hurting me as much as you want to and I've just realized how stupid that helmet looks." I was laughing harder now. I was delusional.

Magneto's face grew dark. "I'm going to kill you."

"Stop making me laugh Maggie. My heads hurting."

The steel continued to tighten and I started to feel the pain. Suddenly being crushed to death seemed much more real. I looked at Bekah and she looked at Logan. He was full of metal so he wasn't much help. Magneto was bending the metal inside of him as well making him contort in agony.

I couldn't concentrate enough to do anything. We were as good as dead.

"Spider-Man to the rescue!" Spider-Man yelled running in and rugby tackling Magneto.

His concentration broke and the metal fell to our sides. I was in no condition to fight and Jean was out. We were going to get slaughtered.

"Kill them!" Magneto ordered. The Brotherhood rushed forward...