p class="MsoNormal""We need the X-Men." I state / "No."
John protests. "No way."br / "We can't do this alone." I / "Yes, we can!" He retorts like a / "Listen to me!" I demand, taking hold of his shirt and pulling him towards me. "This is your shit, Pyro. You put us in this situation. And, so far, you've done a bang up job of getting us out of it. We need the X-Men. This is about more than just my messed up relationship now."br / "I refuse to work with him." He shoves / "I'm sure he won't be thrilled at the idea either." I growl. br / "We can do this without them, Ardor." He hisses,
flicking his lighter between his / "We are getting the X-Men." I ignite my right hand. "Now!"br / "Woah!" Voltage steps in between us. "Okay, can we not fry each other please? I kind of need you two."br /
"Tell her this is a stupid idea." He /
"Tell him he's being irritating and stubborn!" I / "Can you both stop acting like children?" She eyes us both intimidatingly. "I don't know what went on between you two,
but you need to get over it now!"br / "Sorry."
I sigh. br / "She's right, Pyro. We need the X-Men."
I poke my tongue out at him at her / "Seriously?"
John raises his / "Yup." I resist smiling at his / "Whatever." He releases an exasperated sigh. "I'll put up with your douchey ex if the deal still stands."br / "The deal about us running off together if you stop the bomb?" I step around Voltage, so that my face is just inches away from John's. "Honey,
in case you haven't noticed, you're not stopping the bomb."br / "Fine, do this without me." He /
"Okay, deal. Shut up." I snap. br / "Better start packing, sweetcheeks."br / "I said shut up."
I / "Whatever you say, sweetcheeks." He repeats the irritating nickname, before kissing me on the cheek. br / "I say that I love Scott Summers." That wipes the smug smile from his lips. "Now let's go!"br / br / "Marvel Girl!" I call as we approach the X-Men. "Can we talk?"br / "Where did you go? One minute we were talking, the next-"br / "Yeah, sorry. Pyro decided to get caught by the cops." I shoot him a /
"Cyclops isn't going to be happy if he sees these two here."
She / "I know. But the bomb..." I take a deep breath. "The bomb can't be stopped. We need to get everyone out of there right now, or they're all going to die."br /
"What?" She hisses, turning to check if the other X-Men are within hearing / "Essentially, Pyro is a dick who's doomed us all." This gets his attention. br /
"Hey, I-"br / "Shut up." I order. He does. br / "What? So, this place is going down no matter what we do?" Jean tries to make sense of the /
"Yes." I answer / "Okay, we need to go now then!" I can't help but admire her leadership skills.
"Come on."br / "Woah!" Bobby exclaims when he notices / "Okay, what's going on?"
Warren asks, obviously confused by my choice of /
"Marvel Girl, what are they doing here?" Scott / "The bomb can't be shut off, Cyclops. We were wrong."
Jean explains quickly. "We need to evacuate the building."br / "emWait, how do they all know about the bomb?/em" John asks in my / "emNot now, John/em." I reply. I'm not going to grass Voltage up for potentially saving hundreds of / "It's a bomb, there's got to be a way to shut it off!" Scott becomes noticeably / "There's not." John states / "Hey, fire boy! Stay out of this,
yeah?" Scott snaps before turning his attention back to Jean.
"You said it was a basic bomb."br / "That's what the anonymous tip off said."br / "emAnonymous tip off?/em" John questions. I ignore him. br /
"We need to get into the building, Cyclops." I speak up.
Scott looks at me and there is a moment of silence when I am sure that our eyes meet, even though his visor obstructs my view. br / "No, the X-Men do. You don't need to be anywhere but prison." He turns and begins to walk away. I take hold of his / "You can't do this without us." I whisper.
"Just like we can't do it without you."br / "We can. Just watch us, Ardor." He turns away /
"Alright then." I yell. "Good luck shutting off the alarms without Voltage." He stops and I notice Voltage smirk proudly beside me. He storms back to us / "Fine!"
He agrees. "But everyone follows my orders. Understood?"br / "Yes, sir." Voltage replies in a seductively tone. I elbow her on the arm. "Hey!"br / "No way!"
John protests. "I'm not taking orders from someone who can't even control their own mutation."br / "emShut up, John./em" I order /
"Okay." Scott shrugs. "You're out. Come on, girls."br / "Hey! You can't do that!" John / "I think he just did, cutie." I smirk, before turning to follow Jean and Voltage, who trail Scott / "Whatever."
He murmurs behind / "Angel, Iceman!" Warren and Bobby come jogging over at Scott's voice. "Change of plan.
We need to evacuate the building. Ardor and Voltage will be assisting us, but only for today."br / "Wait. Am I missing something here?" Bobby furrows his brow behind his / "All you need to know is that we need to get everyone out of that building, as soon as possible." Scott's firm tone is insanely attractive. "Here's the plan..."/p
John protests. "No way."br / "We can't do this alone." I / "Yes, we can!" He retorts like a / "Listen to me!" I demand, taking hold of his shirt and pulling him towards me. "This is your shit, Pyro. You put us in this situation. And, so far, you've done a bang up job of getting us out of it. We need the X-Men. This is about more than just my messed up relationship now."br / "I refuse to work with him." He shoves / "I'm sure he won't be thrilled at the idea either." I growl. br / "We can do this without them, Ardor." He hisses,
flicking his lighter between his / "We are getting the X-Men." I ignite my right hand. "Now!"br / "Woah!" Voltage steps in between us. "Okay, can we not fry each other please? I kind of need you two."br /
"Tell her this is a stupid idea." He /
"Tell him he's being irritating and stubborn!" I / "Can you both stop acting like children?" She eyes us both intimidatingly. "I don't know what went on between you two,
but you need to get over it now!"br / "Sorry."
I sigh. br / "She's right, Pyro. We need the X-Men."
I poke my tongue out at him at her / "Seriously?"
John raises his / "Yup." I resist smiling at his / "Whatever." He releases an exasperated sigh. "I'll put up with your douchey ex if the deal still stands."br / "The deal about us running off together if you stop the bomb?" I step around Voltage, so that my face is just inches away from John's. "Honey,
in case you haven't noticed, you're not stopping the bomb."br / "Fine, do this without me." He /
"Okay, deal. Shut up." I snap. br / "Better start packing, sweetcheeks."br / "I said shut up."
I / "Whatever you say, sweetcheeks." He repeats the irritating nickname, before kissing me on the cheek. br / "I say that I love Scott Summers." That wipes the smug smile from his lips. "Now let's go!"br / br / "Marvel Girl!" I call as we approach the X-Men. "Can we talk?"br / "Where did you go? One minute we were talking, the next-"br / "Yeah, sorry. Pyro decided to get caught by the cops." I shoot him a /
"Cyclops isn't going to be happy if he sees these two here."
She / "I know. But the bomb..." I take a deep breath. "The bomb can't be stopped. We need to get everyone out of there right now, or they're all going to die."br /
"What?" She hisses, turning to check if the other X-Men are within hearing / "Essentially, Pyro is a dick who's doomed us all." This gets his attention. br /
"Hey, I-"br / "Shut up." I order. He does. br / "What? So, this place is going down no matter what we do?" Jean tries to make sense of the /
"Yes." I answer / "Okay, we need to go now then!" I can't help but admire her leadership skills.
"Come on."br / "Woah!" Bobby exclaims when he notices / "Okay, what's going on?"
Warren asks, obviously confused by my choice of /
"Marvel Girl, what are they doing here?" Scott / "The bomb can't be shut off, Cyclops. We were wrong."
Jean explains quickly. "We need to evacuate the building."br / "emWait, how do they all know about the bomb?/em" John asks in my / "emNot now, John/em." I reply. I'm not going to grass Voltage up for potentially saving hundreds of / "It's a bomb, there's got to be a way to shut it off!" Scott becomes noticeably / "There's not." John states / "Hey, fire boy! Stay out of this,
yeah?" Scott snaps before turning his attention back to Jean.
"You said it was a basic bomb."br / "That's what the anonymous tip off said."br / "emAnonymous tip off?/em" John questions. I ignore him. br /
"We need to get into the building, Cyclops." I speak up.
Scott looks at me and there is a moment of silence when I am sure that our eyes meet, even though his visor obstructs my view. br / "No, the X-Men do. You don't need to be anywhere but prison." He turns and begins to walk away. I take hold of his / "You can't do this without us." I whisper.
"Just like we can't do it without you."br / "We can. Just watch us, Ardor." He turns away /
"Alright then." I yell. "Good luck shutting off the alarms without Voltage." He stops and I notice Voltage smirk proudly beside me. He storms back to us / "Fine!"
He agrees. "But everyone follows my orders. Understood?"br / "Yes, sir." Voltage replies in a seductively tone. I elbow her on the arm. "Hey!"br / "No way!"
John protests. "I'm not taking orders from someone who can't even control their own mutation."br / "emShut up, John./em" I order /
"Okay." Scott shrugs. "You're out. Come on, girls."br / "Hey! You can't do that!" John / "I think he just did, cutie." I smirk, before turning to follow Jean and Voltage, who trail Scott / "Whatever."
He murmurs behind / "Angel, Iceman!" Warren and Bobby come jogging over at Scott's voice. "Change of plan.
We need to evacuate the building. Ardor and Voltage will be assisting us, but only for today."br / "Wait. Am I missing something here?" Bobby furrows his brow behind his / "All you need to know is that we need to get everyone out of that building, as soon as possible." Scott's firm tone is insanely attractive. "Here's the plan..."/p