Post by Cro/Kiyoshi on Jul 7, 2006 20:38:43 GMT -5
Title Of Story : Shot In The Dark
Author : Robert Rumery (Pyro)
Rating : Pg 13-R
Pairing : Kitty/Pyro Rogue/Bobby
Setting : After X3 (AU has NO SPOILERS)
Plot : Pyro has run off once again, The Brotherhood is disbanded and has no place to go. Bobby "Iceman" Drake and Kitty "Shadowcat" Pryde are looking for Pyro to talk some sense into him.
Part I :
"Out on the street
I'm stalking the night
I can hear my heavy breathing
Paid for the kill
But it doesn't seem right
Something there I can't believe in" - "Shot In The Dark" by Ozzy
The streets were calling his name and he was straying from the only family that he had, the family that had rejected him when they found out that he was a mutant. He didn't have the perfect life, but he was still alive. That was the curse that he had to live with that he'd stay alive. He was a kid in a black hooded shirt and a pair of blue jeans, hands stuffed into his pockets. The streets of Los Angeles were so quiet at night. He found refuge by a burnt out street light and a trash can. "You’re my only friend now." He said as he pulled out his lighter from his pocket and flipped it open, closed it, and than flipped it open again. The light above him started to flicker like it was trying to come on, but it didn't. It simply gave up and just flickered off.
It was a very cold night and Los Angeles seemed to be dead except for a few people that were up and roaming around. They were probably junkies looking for another fix at 2:30 a.m. The women, “professional lovers” no doubt, never slept either. It was annoying; he didn't like to be around people, well not anymore. It was annoying the way the human race was. They shun anything and everyone that they find superior to them. Now the human race was trying to kill all the mutants because they were different and in more then one way, better. Mutants didn't fucking do anything to the human race, yet they still wanted to kill them. It was like the mutant society was a bug on their windshield.
That was enough to get under the skin of the outcasted mutant. He flipped his lighter open once more and up sprang the flame. John held it in front of his face, the orange-reddish glow hypnotized him. There was a smile on Pyro's face as he could feel the heat coming off of the flame. He closed the top of his lighter again and put it in his pocket as he sat on the sidewalk, watching people and cars go by. He had a family; it was The Brotherhood that was lead by Magneto. For some odd reason he didn't feel at home there either. The streets couldn't be much worse.
At least he wouldn't have to listen to Magneto preach about The Human Race and it's evilness nor would he have to listen to Xavier preach about peace between both Mutants and The Human race. It was nearly fucking impossible to have peace on both sides.
"You'll never be like us!" Kitty Pryde's voice echoed in John’s head. "You betrayed us, remember, John? You joined The Brotherhood, our sworn ENEMIES!" Kitty's voice got louder inside of John's head. It was going to drive insane; it was going to drive him to drink, something he really wanted to do right know but probably wouldn't. He could see the pain on Kitty's face, the stupid vision. It didn't mean anything; it was just a blasted memory, one that he wished he could fucking forget.
It wasn't the first time that he'd heard voices. Oh no, and it probably wouldn't be the last. It was guilt no doubt. He felt guilty about leaving the X-Men and Kitty Pryde. But that guilt would die down as he suppressed his feelings, his feelings would soon lead to anger and he would than lash out at the people around him. He would even lash out at the people he once loved and cared for, the people that he now hated and was disgusted by.
His brother, Bobby "Iceman" Drake was on the other team. That disgusted John, hell, in John's eyes he had no brother. Whoever aligned themselves with people like The X-Men became his enemy. He heard a noise in the back of an alley. So he peered his head around the corner and looked down it. It was probably nothing, he determined as he slowly stood up. Taking his lighter out of his pocket he flipped it open, the red-orangish flame shooting up as he made a small ball of fire in his hand as he started walking down the alley with his fireball as his guide.
"Hello?" John shouted. There was no answer as a reply. John continued to walk down into the alley. It was probably a raccoon or a rat looking for food, he decided. Walking to the end of the alleyway, he shined his fireball over towards three or four trashcans but there was nothing there, so he figured it was just a 'Coon or a Rat looking for food. He shot the fireball at the wall, the wall took the fireball with grace and it left a small burn mark there.
"Fucking 'Coons." John said as he turned his back to the brick wall and started walking to the entrance of the Alleyway. He had this insane feeling that he was being watched. He rolled his shoulders in a shrug and kept on walking. Getting to the entrance of the alleyway, he walked out and took a seat on the curb of the sidewalk. "I gotta stop being paranoid." He told himself as he stuck his hands into his pockets and leaned back against a "Do Not Park" sign that was illuminated by the working street lamp.
It had been a long bus ride from New York City to Los Angeles, California. He was surprised that he hadn’t been picked up yet. He'd been here for a day and no one had really recognized him yet. Needless to say, he was surprised since they flashed his face all over the television every time they got a chance. He was a mutant so he was Public Enemy #1 right now. But even mutant's needed their sleep. He got up and walked over to the street lamp he was sitting under a minute ago. His clothed back slid down the edge of the brick wall and he looked up at the stars, or what he could see of them. For a brief moment he didn't feel alone, he didn't really feel that angry so he shut his eyes and slowly drifted off to sleep.
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The Next Morning, Los Angeles, California 11:31 a.m.
The Los Angeles - New York City train pulled up and the side doors opened swiftly. A couple teenagers got off and walked down the silver steps, stepping onto the side of the curb. One was a female girl about sixteen or seventeen. She was wearing a pair of blue jeans and a black hoodie that had a black cat on the back of it with the words 'Kitten' under it. The hood of her sweatshirt was hiding her face. A boy about seventeen followed her. He had on a pair of blue jeans and a blue hooded sweatshirt also. He stepped down the silver steps and onto the curb, standing by the girl.
"Now remind me why we’re here, Kitty." Bobby said as he stuffed his hands into his blue jeans and looked over at the girl. Her name was Kitty Pyrde, she was known as Shadow Cat to the other mutants at the mansion. She wanted to come look for John, but Bobby thought it was a waste of time, however he humored her and came along. A part of him thought that his brother would change if he wasn't apart of The Brotherhood but as always, he was probably wrong.
"We are here to find, John." Kitty said as she looked over to Bobby and at the mention of John's name he turned his head and looked in the opposite direction, trying to concentrate on something other then John. Kitty sighed and shrugged, putting her hand on Bobby's shoulder.
"You know in the end it'll be alright. John will come around..." Kitty said in the most comforting voice she could speak in. She was hoping he'd come to his senses but John being John wouldn't. He was a stubborn ass just like his brother!
"I hope someday, Kitty." Bobby said as he stood on the curb of the sidewalk with Kitty, a crosswalk in front of them. "Maybe before we do anything, we should get something to eat." Kitty said as she pointed out the restaurant on the other side of the street. Bobby nodded and took Kitty’s hand, running across the crosswalk with her. They stepped up onto the curb and there was a Burger King.
Bobby felt his hand in Kitty's and he turned bright red. "Oh sorry." He said as he let go of her hand as fast as he could. He shouldn't have been holding hands with any girl but Maria! She'd kill him if she knew that he had just held Kitty's hand even if it was by mistake. He was used to holding girls’ hands while crossing the crosswalk though.
"It's Okay." Kitty said with a small giggle as Bobby shrugged his shoulders. Kitty took a seat in the outside area of the restaurant and Bobby walked inside as quickly as he could. He had to push himself through a crowd of people near the entryway. They weren't really doing anything, just gabbing about gossip. He pushed the door open and stepped through and entered the restaurant. He walked up to the counter and ordered two hamburgers and a coke for him and Kitty.
He still didn't know why they were here in LA in the first place. No one could really talk any sense into John, not even him. They used to be close as kids. But now they were bitter enemies, Bobby secretly thought about his brother, how he wanted to reunite with him. But he knew that wouldn't be possible, not yet and probably not for a very long time at least.
"Hey bro!" A male voice rang out from behind of Bobby and he turned around quickly with the tray off food and drinks. But there was no one behind of him. He thought it might be John but he shook his head, feeling stupid. Of course it wouldn't be John, he wouldn't be out in the public at this time of day. He usually waited for the night so no one would notice him. But he looked to his left and there were two brothers talking, each about thirteen or fourteen.
"I'm sorry, bro! I didn't mean to hurt you." One said.
"It's okay." The other said smiling at the first.
"Okay, so we’re cool?" The first said.
"Yeah." They hugged each other softly, apparently happy they had gotten over their argument.
Bobby walked by the two young brothers and walked over to the entrance of the restaurant. He pushed the door open, and walked through. Spotting Kitty, he walked over and sat down next to her, giving her a burger and soda. He put his own food down in front of him.
"So what took you so long?" Kitty asked with a small smirk on her face as she picked up her burger.
"Funny." Bobby said as he took a sip of his soda. "Some kids in there were making up, or something so I kinda got slowed down… Just eat your food! The faster we find my brother, the faster we can get out of this dump." Bobby said sounding a bit bitter, and a bit like his brother, John.
"What's wrong with you?" Kitty asked as she took a bite of her burger and a sip of her coke as she looked over at Bobby that was sitting acrossed from her. She could see that something w as on his mind. But she didn't really know what.
Bobby hasn't really opened up since his brother joined Magneto's side and became mortal enemies. Kitty put her half-eaten-burger on the wrapper that was sitting on the table and brought her soda closer to her and took another sip.
"Nothing, Kitty." Bobby said as he ate his Hamburger up. He was lying, that was something that he wasn't really good at. What was eating him up inside would probably come out. At the wrong time and probably when they were in battle against The Brotherhood.
When he was in battle against his brother. He couldn't take this shit for much longer he was fighting against his brother a person he used to love and still does. Bobby took a sip of his Coke also and got up, pushed in his chair and took his trash over to the trashbin and threw it away.
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Los Angeles, California 12:01 P.M.
John was wearing his tank top and his black hooded sweatshirt was behind his head. Propped up against the brick wall he was using it as a pillow. He shifted in his sleep as a cold wind blew past him it made him shiver a bit and his eyes slowly opened as the sun shined down on John.
He could feel the heat on his pale white skin and it felt pretty good. He had a good night's sleep it was the first night he did in a very long time. John sat up and reached behind of his head to get his hooded shirt which know had some dirt on it but none-the-less he pulled the hooded shirt over his head and than stood up and dusted off his blue jeans.
The city was alive with people walking around some were going to work and others were going to lunch and going on a break that wasn't the situation for John. He shoved his hands into his pocket and his left hand in his left pocket fiddled with his silver lighter that he kept in there for safe keeping.
There was something in the air that said that someone was looking for him someone wasn't probably looking for him it was probably just another one of those insane feelings he could from time to time. Apart of him wished something or someone would come and save him but another part really didn't care if he got saved or not he just wanted to live.
"Another day and more problems for me." John said to himself as he started to walk down the sidewalk of Los Angeles as he walked he could feel other people looking at him and that has always made him uneasy. They probably knew who and what he was. This stupid human race, they looked at him like he was the freak. In reality they were the freaks living in his world it wasn't him living in their world.
As he kept on walking he felt the same cold wind on his skin. He knew that meant something but what? The only time he felt something that cold on his skin was when him and his brother, Bobby used to fit. It couldn't be true could it that Iceman was in LA.
That'd be insane John shook his head and he continued to walk down the sidewalk he came to a small burger joint the guy behind the counter was handing out hamburgers. The guy looked to be in his late 30's early 40's he looked tanned he either spent a lot of time in the sun or was Hawaiian.
John had some money in his pocket he stole about $20 dollars from a bum the other night. John started walking towards the burger joint he didn't see what the name of it was he pushed through a small crowd of people until he got to the front of the line and he put the money on the counter and ordered a burger and a soda.
The man behind the counter passed him the burger and Soda and John walked from the burger joint over to a picnic table that was near the park he sat down on the red wooden bench and put his soda and burger down.
He unwrapped the burger from it's wrapper the burger itself was still pretty hot. Steam came off of the bun and he took the soda in his hand and took a sip off of it as he waited for the burger to cool he turned around halfway and looked over his shoulder there were parents and their kids playing Frisbee with their dog.
He sneered at the happy family playing with the dog and than turned back to his burger and continued to sip his soda. He picked up the burger it was done steaming and he took a big bite out of it and as he did he picked up his soda and took a sip of it and than swallowed the chunk of his hamburger.
He ate the other half of his burger and drank the rest of his soda and walked over to the trash bin and threw his cup and wrapper away. He looked over towards the open field part of the park and there weren’t people in there but he knew what people were doing there when they come they were being a family and having fun.
Something that he'd never experince again being happy or having a family of his own. His only family know was The Brotherhood of Mutants and heck he even strayed from them he didn't fit in anywhere except for the streets where no one would know his secret they would never know that he was a dangerous mutant.
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Logan sat in the kitchen at a round wooden table. A Bottle of Coke mixed with a bit of Jack Daniels sat on the table infront of him. Logan dressed in a pair of old dungy black jeans and a white t-shirt his claws had retracted into his ecto-skeleton moments ago so it still hurt a bit but the pain would fade.
Logan picks up the bottle and tips it up to his lips as he takes a drink, Logan's super human hearing picks up something it sounded like footsteps and Logan being on edge turns his head slightly to the left as the door was slowly pushed open and Rogue stepped through it. She walked into the kitchen and looked over towards Logan and smiled.
"Oh, it's only you, kid." Logan said with a small smirk as he began to relax again and take another sip of his coke and Rogue looked over at Logan.
"Know what's that supposed to mean?" Rogue asked with a smile on her face as she grabbed a wooden chair that sat next to Logan. She sat down in it backwards her crotch facing the wooden backing of the chair and she put her elbows on the counter. Her whit locks dangling infront of her face.
She pushed them out of the way they were a battle scare of sorts from what happened with her and Magneto in new york. She was surprised that she was still here in the X-Men and at the Xavier institue as Rogue sat by Logan he smiled softly at her.
"Nothin' Kid." Logan said. "Know wheres that boyfriend of yours? His name was Iceman wasn't it?" Logan added as he finished off his bottle of Coke and Jack Daniels.
"I don't know, he's probably off doing something with Kitty." Rogue said in the tone she said it.
You knew she didn't wanna mention Bobby and Kitty's name in the same sentance.
She put her arms on the table and layed her head on her arms and looked over towards Logan. "So what you been doing?" Rogue asked
"Same old same old." Logan said as he shrugged. "Kinda been lookin' for Chuck. With all this shit about the goverment having a cure that supress the X-Gene. It's been hectic out there, it's like the world ending." Logan said looking towards Rogue.
"The world is ending. The goverment has a cure for all mutants it's all for all of us, but some of us are accepting it better than most are. I mean this is a god send in a way we might be able to live a normal life and not have to hide anymore." Rogue said as he looked at Logan.
"But also, there is the possibilty that Magneto might use the cure for his own personal gain. I don't like to think about such things, it makes my head hurt. Like when I used to do math in high school. I'll let th e grown ups handle it." Rogue added with a breif chuckle as she continued to stare at Logan.
Logan smirked at the comment Rogue had made as he took a cigar out of his pocket and took the silver zippo lighter out of his jeans pocket and than flipped it open and light his cigar with it.
He took a puff off of it and than blew some smoke rings in the air he looked happy like a young kid that has gotten buzzed or high on some foreign substance. He kept on smoking uknown to him Rogue was staring at his lighter.
Logan's lighter looked kind of like Pyro's old one. Rogue stared at it, she looked both puzzled and confused but it was probably just some odd coincedenct. Alot of people liked to use silver zippo's to light their cigarettes or cigars. Logan probably just picked it up on his way here. It wasn't a big deal the lighter just reminded him of John's old lighter.
"You know your not supposed to be smoking in the school, Logan. If Xavier found out he'd probably kill you or worse turn you into a 6 year old girl!" Rogue said as she lifted her head from her arms and cracked her neck from side to side and than stretched her arms they had gotten a bit numb from her head laying on them.
"Haha." Logan said as he continued to smoke his cigar, he leaned back in the chair and put his feet up on the table. His leather boots dripped mud onto the table. He watched Rogue walk over to the fridge and get a soda and than close the fridge and than walked over to the counter and got some paper towels and than walked back over to her seat.
Where she was sitting by Logan and Rogue put paper towels under Logan's boots that were dripping on the table. Logan looked over at Rogue with a sort of 'thanks,kid' look on his face and than Rogue smiled and shook her head as she sat down and drank her soda.
Rogue got back up from her seat and walked a crossed the room with her cola bottle in her left hand. She walked over to the kitchen sink and knelt down to open the brown door under the sink and she threw her coke bottle into the small container of bottles and cans that were under the sink.
She stood back up and turned on the hot and cold water and washed her hands to get the stickyness off from her hands there were a few bottles and cans that leaked so some of the extra soda was sticky on the side of the bin for the soda and cans and she had gotten some on her hands.
She took some of the handpumped soap and pumped some onto her hands it was nice and cold and smoothe she rubbed her hands together and they latherd up and she ran her hands under the warm running and washed her hands she than shut the water off and grabbed a paper towel and dried them and than walked back acrossed the room until she was back over where Logan had been sitting.
She was standing beseide of his chair as she looked over at him. He felt her looking at him so he took his feet off of the paper towels and put them firmly back down on the ground and finished his cigar and stamped the rest of it out on his hand that left a small burn mark on his palm that closed slowly, but it still closed.
"It was nice seeing you again, Logan. But I'd better get going. I got to look for Bobby, I'm certain that he's with Kitty. But I have to look anyways." Rogue said, and than she shoved her gloved hands into her pocket and than walked over to the door frame and leaned up against and than looked over at Logan over her shoulder and smiled at him and Logan smiled back at her.
"See ya,Kid." Logan said as he walked over to the back door of the mansion that lead out into the back lawn of the mansion what Logan was doing out there no one will ever know and I don't think anyone wants to know.
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Author : Robert Rumery (Pyro)
Rating : Pg 13-R
Pairing : Kitty/Pyro Rogue/Bobby
Setting : After X3 (AU has NO SPOILERS)
Plot : Pyro has run off once again, The Brotherhood is disbanded and has no place to go. Bobby "Iceman" Drake and Kitty "Shadowcat" Pryde are looking for Pyro to talk some sense into him.
Part I :
"Out on the street
I'm stalking the night
I can hear my heavy breathing
Paid for the kill
But it doesn't seem right
Something there I can't believe in" - "Shot In The Dark" by Ozzy
The streets were calling his name and he was straying from the only family that he had, the family that had rejected him when they found out that he was a mutant. He didn't have the perfect life, but he was still alive. That was the curse that he had to live with that he'd stay alive. He was a kid in a black hooded shirt and a pair of blue jeans, hands stuffed into his pockets. The streets of Los Angeles were so quiet at night. He found refuge by a burnt out street light and a trash can. "You’re my only friend now." He said as he pulled out his lighter from his pocket and flipped it open, closed it, and than flipped it open again. The light above him started to flicker like it was trying to come on, but it didn't. It simply gave up and just flickered off.
It was a very cold night and Los Angeles seemed to be dead except for a few people that were up and roaming around. They were probably junkies looking for another fix at 2:30 a.m. The women, “professional lovers” no doubt, never slept either. It was annoying; he didn't like to be around people, well not anymore. It was annoying the way the human race was. They shun anything and everyone that they find superior to them. Now the human race was trying to kill all the mutants because they were different and in more then one way, better. Mutants didn't fucking do anything to the human race, yet they still wanted to kill them. It was like the mutant society was a bug on their windshield.
That was enough to get under the skin of the outcasted mutant. He flipped his lighter open once more and up sprang the flame. John held it in front of his face, the orange-reddish glow hypnotized him. There was a smile on Pyro's face as he could feel the heat coming off of the flame. He closed the top of his lighter again and put it in his pocket as he sat on the sidewalk, watching people and cars go by. He had a family; it was The Brotherhood that was lead by Magneto. For some odd reason he didn't feel at home there either. The streets couldn't be much worse.
At least he wouldn't have to listen to Magneto preach about The Human Race and it's evilness nor would he have to listen to Xavier preach about peace between both Mutants and The Human race. It was nearly fucking impossible to have peace on both sides.
"You'll never be like us!" Kitty Pryde's voice echoed in John’s head. "You betrayed us, remember, John? You joined The Brotherhood, our sworn ENEMIES!" Kitty's voice got louder inside of John's head. It was going to drive insane; it was going to drive him to drink, something he really wanted to do right know but probably wouldn't. He could see the pain on Kitty's face, the stupid vision. It didn't mean anything; it was just a blasted memory, one that he wished he could fucking forget.
It wasn't the first time that he'd heard voices. Oh no, and it probably wouldn't be the last. It was guilt no doubt. He felt guilty about leaving the X-Men and Kitty Pryde. But that guilt would die down as he suppressed his feelings, his feelings would soon lead to anger and he would than lash out at the people around him. He would even lash out at the people he once loved and cared for, the people that he now hated and was disgusted by.
His brother, Bobby "Iceman" Drake was on the other team. That disgusted John, hell, in John's eyes he had no brother. Whoever aligned themselves with people like The X-Men became his enemy. He heard a noise in the back of an alley. So he peered his head around the corner and looked down it. It was probably nothing, he determined as he slowly stood up. Taking his lighter out of his pocket he flipped it open, the red-orangish flame shooting up as he made a small ball of fire in his hand as he started walking down the alley with his fireball as his guide.
"Hello?" John shouted. There was no answer as a reply. John continued to walk down into the alley. It was probably a raccoon or a rat looking for food, he decided. Walking to the end of the alleyway, he shined his fireball over towards three or four trashcans but there was nothing there, so he figured it was just a 'Coon or a Rat looking for food. He shot the fireball at the wall, the wall took the fireball with grace and it left a small burn mark there.
"Fucking 'Coons." John said as he turned his back to the brick wall and started walking to the entrance of the Alleyway. He had this insane feeling that he was being watched. He rolled his shoulders in a shrug and kept on walking. Getting to the entrance of the alleyway, he walked out and took a seat on the curb of the sidewalk. "I gotta stop being paranoid." He told himself as he stuck his hands into his pockets and leaned back against a "Do Not Park" sign that was illuminated by the working street lamp.
It had been a long bus ride from New York City to Los Angeles, California. He was surprised that he hadn’t been picked up yet. He'd been here for a day and no one had really recognized him yet. Needless to say, he was surprised since they flashed his face all over the television every time they got a chance. He was a mutant so he was Public Enemy #1 right now. But even mutant's needed their sleep. He got up and walked over to the street lamp he was sitting under a minute ago. His clothed back slid down the edge of the brick wall and he looked up at the stars, or what he could see of them. For a brief moment he didn't feel alone, he didn't really feel that angry so he shut his eyes and slowly drifted off to sleep.
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The Next Morning, Los Angeles, California 11:31 a.m.
The Los Angeles - New York City train pulled up and the side doors opened swiftly. A couple teenagers got off and walked down the silver steps, stepping onto the side of the curb. One was a female girl about sixteen or seventeen. She was wearing a pair of blue jeans and a black hoodie that had a black cat on the back of it with the words 'Kitten' under it. The hood of her sweatshirt was hiding her face. A boy about seventeen followed her. He had on a pair of blue jeans and a blue hooded sweatshirt also. He stepped down the silver steps and onto the curb, standing by the girl.
"Now remind me why we’re here, Kitty." Bobby said as he stuffed his hands into his blue jeans and looked over at the girl. Her name was Kitty Pyrde, she was known as Shadow Cat to the other mutants at the mansion. She wanted to come look for John, but Bobby thought it was a waste of time, however he humored her and came along. A part of him thought that his brother would change if he wasn't apart of The Brotherhood but as always, he was probably wrong.
"We are here to find, John." Kitty said as she looked over to Bobby and at the mention of John's name he turned his head and looked in the opposite direction, trying to concentrate on something other then John. Kitty sighed and shrugged, putting her hand on Bobby's shoulder.
"You know in the end it'll be alright. John will come around..." Kitty said in the most comforting voice she could speak in. She was hoping he'd come to his senses but John being John wouldn't. He was a stubborn ass just like his brother!
"I hope someday, Kitty." Bobby said as he stood on the curb of the sidewalk with Kitty, a crosswalk in front of them. "Maybe before we do anything, we should get something to eat." Kitty said as she pointed out the restaurant on the other side of the street. Bobby nodded and took Kitty’s hand, running across the crosswalk with her. They stepped up onto the curb and there was a Burger King.
Bobby felt his hand in Kitty's and he turned bright red. "Oh sorry." He said as he let go of her hand as fast as he could. He shouldn't have been holding hands with any girl but Maria! She'd kill him if she knew that he had just held Kitty's hand even if it was by mistake. He was used to holding girls’ hands while crossing the crosswalk though.
"It's Okay." Kitty said with a small giggle as Bobby shrugged his shoulders. Kitty took a seat in the outside area of the restaurant and Bobby walked inside as quickly as he could. He had to push himself through a crowd of people near the entryway. They weren't really doing anything, just gabbing about gossip. He pushed the door open and stepped through and entered the restaurant. He walked up to the counter and ordered two hamburgers and a coke for him and Kitty.
He still didn't know why they were here in LA in the first place. No one could really talk any sense into John, not even him. They used to be close as kids. But now they were bitter enemies, Bobby secretly thought about his brother, how he wanted to reunite with him. But he knew that wouldn't be possible, not yet and probably not for a very long time at least.
"Hey bro!" A male voice rang out from behind of Bobby and he turned around quickly with the tray off food and drinks. But there was no one behind of him. He thought it might be John but he shook his head, feeling stupid. Of course it wouldn't be John, he wouldn't be out in the public at this time of day. He usually waited for the night so no one would notice him. But he looked to his left and there were two brothers talking, each about thirteen or fourteen.
"I'm sorry, bro! I didn't mean to hurt you." One said.
"It's okay." The other said smiling at the first.
"Okay, so we’re cool?" The first said.
"Yeah." They hugged each other softly, apparently happy they had gotten over their argument.
Bobby walked by the two young brothers and walked over to the entrance of the restaurant. He pushed the door open, and walked through. Spotting Kitty, he walked over and sat down next to her, giving her a burger and soda. He put his own food down in front of him.
"So what took you so long?" Kitty asked with a small smirk on her face as she picked up her burger.
"Funny." Bobby said as he took a sip of his soda. "Some kids in there were making up, or something so I kinda got slowed down… Just eat your food! The faster we find my brother, the faster we can get out of this dump." Bobby said sounding a bit bitter, and a bit like his brother, John.
"What's wrong with you?" Kitty asked as she took a bite of her burger and a sip of her coke as she looked over at Bobby that was sitting acrossed from her. She could see that something w as on his mind. But she didn't really know what.
Bobby hasn't really opened up since his brother joined Magneto's side and became mortal enemies. Kitty put her half-eaten-burger on the wrapper that was sitting on the table and brought her soda closer to her and took another sip.
"Nothing, Kitty." Bobby said as he ate his Hamburger up. He was lying, that was something that he wasn't really good at. What was eating him up inside would probably come out. At the wrong time and probably when they were in battle against The Brotherhood.
When he was in battle against his brother. He couldn't take this shit for much longer he was fighting against his brother a person he used to love and still does. Bobby took a sip of his Coke also and got up, pushed in his chair and took his trash over to the trashbin and threw it away.
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Los Angeles, California 12:01 P.M.
John was wearing his tank top and his black hooded sweatshirt was behind his head. Propped up against the brick wall he was using it as a pillow. He shifted in his sleep as a cold wind blew past him it made him shiver a bit and his eyes slowly opened as the sun shined down on John.
He could feel the heat on his pale white skin and it felt pretty good. He had a good night's sleep it was the first night he did in a very long time. John sat up and reached behind of his head to get his hooded shirt which know had some dirt on it but none-the-less he pulled the hooded shirt over his head and than stood up and dusted off his blue jeans.
The city was alive with people walking around some were going to work and others were going to lunch and going on a break that wasn't the situation for John. He shoved his hands into his pocket and his left hand in his left pocket fiddled with his silver lighter that he kept in there for safe keeping.
There was something in the air that said that someone was looking for him someone wasn't probably looking for him it was probably just another one of those insane feelings he could from time to time. Apart of him wished something or someone would come and save him but another part really didn't care if he got saved or not he just wanted to live.
"Another day and more problems for me." John said to himself as he started to walk down the sidewalk of Los Angeles as he walked he could feel other people looking at him and that has always made him uneasy. They probably knew who and what he was. This stupid human race, they looked at him like he was the freak. In reality they were the freaks living in his world it wasn't him living in their world.
As he kept on walking he felt the same cold wind on his skin. He knew that meant something but what? The only time he felt something that cold on his skin was when him and his brother, Bobby used to fit. It couldn't be true could it that Iceman was in LA.
That'd be insane John shook his head and he continued to walk down the sidewalk he came to a small burger joint the guy behind the counter was handing out hamburgers. The guy looked to be in his late 30's early 40's he looked tanned he either spent a lot of time in the sun or was Hawaiian.
John had some money in his pocket he stole about $20 dollars from a bum the other night. John started walking towards the burger joint he didn't see what the name of it was he pushed through a small crowd of people until he got to the front of the line and he put the money on the counter and ordered a burger and a soda.
The man behind the counter passed him the burger and Soda and John walked from the burger joint over to a picnic table that was near the park he sat down on the red wooden bench and put his soda and burger down.
He unwrapped the burger from it's wrapper the burger itself was still pretty hot. Steam came off of the bun and he took the soda in his hand and took a sip off of it as he waited for the burger to cool he turned around halfway and looked over his shoulder there were parents and their kids playing Frisbee with their dog.
He sneered at the happy family playing with the dog and than turned back to his burger and continued to sip his soda. He picked up the burger it was done steaming and he took a big bite out of it and as he did he picked up his soda and took a sip of it and than swallowed the chunk of his hamburger.
He ate the other half of his burger and drank the rest of his soda and walked over to the trash bin and threw his cup and wrapper away. He looked over towards the open field part of the park and there weren’t people in there but he knew what people were doing there when they come they were being a family and having fun.
Something that he'd never experince again being happy or having a family of his own. His only family know was The Brotherhood of Mutants and heck he even strayed from them he didn't fit in anywhere except for the streets where no one would know his secret they would never know that he was a dangerous mutant.
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Logan sat in the kitchen at a round wooden table. A Bottle of Coke mixed with a bit of Jack Daniels sat on the table infront of him. Logan dressed in a pair of old dungy black jeans and a white t-shirt his claws had retracted into his ecto-skeleton moments ago so it still hurt a bit but the pain would fade.
Logan picks up the bottle and tips it up to his lips as he takes a drink, Logan's super human hearing picks up something it sounded like footsteps and Logan being on edge turns his head slightly to the left as the door was slowly pushed open and Rogue stepped through it. She walked into the kitchen and looked over towards Logan and smiled.
"Oh, it's only you, kid." Logan said with a small smirk as he began to relax again and take another sip of his coke and Rogue looked over at Logan.
"Know what's that supposed to mean?" Rogue asked with a smile on her face as she grabbed a wooden chair that sat next to Logan. She sat down in it backwards her crotch facing the wooden backing of the chair and she put her elbows on the counter. Her whit locks dangling infront of her face.
She pushed them out of the way they were a battle scare of sorts from what happened with her and Magneto in new york. She was surprised that she was still here in the X-Men and at the Xavier institue as Rogue sat by Logan he smiled softly at her.
"Nothin' Kid." Logan said. "Know wheres that boyfriend of yours? His name was Iceman wasn't it?" Logan added as he finished off his bottle of Coke and Jack Daniels.
"I don't know, he's probably off doing something with Kitty." Rogue said in the tone she said it.
You knew she didn't wanna mention Bobby and Kitty's name in the same sentance.
She put her arms on the table and layed her head on her arms and looked over towards Logan. "So what you been doing?" Rogue asked
"Same old same old." Logan said as he shrugged. "Kinda been lookin' for Chuck. With all this shit about the goverment having a cure that supress the X-Gene. It's been hectic out there, it's like the world ending." Logan said looking towards Rogue.
"The world is ending. The goverment has a cure for all mutants it's all for all of us, but some of us are accepting it better than most are. I mean this is a god send in a way we might be able to live a normal life and not have to hide anymore." Rogue said as he looked at Logan.
"But also, there is the possibilty that Magneto might use the cure for his own personal gain. I don't like to think about such things, it makes my head hurt. Like when I used to do math in high school. I'll let th e grown ups handle it." Rogue added with a breif chuckle as she continued to stare at Logan.
Logan smirked at the comment Rogue had made as he took a cigar out of his pocket and took the silver zippo lighter out of his jeans pocket and than flipped it open and light his cigar with it.
He took a puff off of it and than blew some smoke rings in the air he looked happy like a young kid that has gotten buzzed or high on some foreign substance. He kept on smoking uknown to him Rogue was staring at his lighter.
Logan's lighter looked kind of like Pyro's old one. Rogue stared at it, she looked both puzzled and confused but it was probably just some odd coincedenct. Alot of people liked to use silver zippo's to light their cigarettes or cigars. Logan probably just picked it up on his way here. It wasn't a big deal the lighter just reminded him of John's old lighter.
"You know your not supposed to be smoking in the school, Logan. If Xavier found out he'd probably kill you or worse turn you into a 6 year old girl!" Rogue said as she lifted her head from her arms and cracked her neck from side to side and than stretched her arms they had gotten a bit numb from her head laying on them.
"Haha." Logan said as he continued to smoke his cigar, he leaned back in the chair and put his feet up on the table. His leather boots dripped mud onto the table. He watched Rogue walk over to the fridge and get a soda and than close the fridge and than walked over to the counter and got some paper towels and than walked back over to her seat.
Where she was sitting by Logan and Rogue put paper towels under Logan's boots that were dripping on the table. Logan looked over at Rogue with a sort of 'thanks,kid' look on his face and than Rogue smiled and shook her head as she sat down and drank her soda.
Rogue got back up from her seat and walked a crossed the room with her cola bottle in her left hand. She walked over to the kitchen sink and knelt down to open the brown door under the sink and she threw her coke bottle into the small container of bottles and cans that were under the sink.
She stood back up and turned on the hot and cold water and washed her hands to get the stickyness off from her hands there were a few bottles and cans that leaked so some of the extra soda was sticky on the side of the bin for the soda and cans and she had gotten some on her hands.
She took some of the handpumped soap and pumped some onto her hands it was nice and cold and smoothe she rubbed her hands together and they latherd up and she ran her hands under the warm running and washed her hands she than shut the water off and grabbed a paper towel and dried them and than walked back acrossed the room until she was back over where Logan had been sitting.
She was standing beseide of his chair as she looked over at him. He felt her looking at him so he took his feet off of the paper towels and put them firmly back down on the ground and finished his cigar and stamped the rest of it out on his hand that left a small burn mark on his palm that closed slowly, but it still closed.
"It was nice seeing you again, Logan. But I'd better get going. I got to look for Bobby, I'm certain that he's with Kitty. But I have to look anyways." Rogue said, and than she shoved her gloved hands into her pocket and than walked over to the door frame and leaned up against and than looked over at Logan over her shoulder and smiled at him and Logan smiled back at her.
"See ya,Kid." Logan said as he walked over to the back door of the mansion that lead out into the back lawn of the mansion what Logan was doing out there no one will ever know and I don't think anyone wants to know.
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