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blueberrypancakesworld · 7 months ago

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Chapter 11 - Training and recruitment

warning : tiny comfort

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Summary : Months after Jean's death Bobby didn't know what was going on with John but he had to get stronger to bring him back...but what if John doesn't want to go back?

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Weeks and months had passed since the escape in the underground bunker, months had passed and weeks had passed in which they had mourned Jean.

Weeks and months in which they had time to shed tears, to mourn their friend and mentor. It was a time in which they not only grew but also became something, they became new X-Men and formed a team.

A team that trained, a team that had to train because they could sense that the mood on three sides was becoming more and more tense.

The humans were afraid and became more aggressive, the mutants were advised by Charles at the school to defend themselves and keep the peace on the orders of their professor.

As well as the group around Magneto a whisper in the underground which one felt however that mutants were there but to what extent was not yet clear.

But most of all it was a time when Bobby missed him, missed the fire and it felt like his ice was only getting colder and colder. It was a time when he set himself a goal, he would get John back, he would get John back to himself, he would get him back to the X-Men.

He would make him realize that he regretted his actions, that he was sorry for not being honest with Rouge. He would bring him back and fix everything...but for that he would have to become stronger with himself and his team. But that's exactly what he did in the adaptive training hall, where an apocalyptic scenario could be seen.

A ruined scorched city, broken cars, overturned buildings and metal seemed to be everywhere, it was hot, soot hung in the air and bullets were constantly shooting at him and the group under Logan and Storm's leadership. The group his friends and the group he had to rely on.

A scenario that even though it was training filled him with uncertainty, the fire felt like John was still with him with every flame, every explosion he put out and hid together.

He kept running with Kitty, trying to find points, making ice wall after ice wall with his hands and bringing projectiles to the ground.

Since the point with John on the plane, he had tried to teach Rouge as gently as possible, which had not only ended in a fight but also a conflict that was still slightly tense. Because while she resented him for not breaking up with her sooner, he still wanted to be friends with her.

But it seemed like this exercise was making him more and more tense. Vibration rippled through the ground beside them as Bobby shielded himself and Kitty with an ice wall before shouting, ,,Come on!" and letting the girl go ahead to protect them.

They had to take out that damn robot but how if they just had to run? Questions and guesses and speculation that were interrupted when they heard the missiles fly again. ,,Bobby, watch out!" Kitty shouted, pointing at one of the missiles coming towards them.

With a quick movement, the ice escaped his hands and brought the rocket to the ground at the last moment, but he hadn't reckoned with a second one that followed just seconds later.

,,Attention!" his partner shouted before he could react, he felt her hands on him and the tingling sensation as the rocket passed through them and went up behind them.

Slowly detaching himself from her, he was about to thank her, but didn't see the look of contempt on Rouge's face before Storm's shout brought them all to a point.

If this doesn't end soon, he thought, ready to make another wall to protect them at any moment, but instead he saw Logan have another "idea" and throw Colossus into the air.

,,We're fucking team Logan," he heard Storm mutter again and the woman who could manipulate the weather was already heading for the exit. Logan made short work of the robot within a few minutes and the robot's head hit the ground in front of them with a loud bang.

,,Well then, free time," said the strong one with a Russian accent and followed the team leader, which was returned by Kitty, who gave Bobby a thankful smile.

He felt himself looking at the fire for a moment, the flames lingering on the ground until the simulation ended and all he could see were the steel metal plates.

,,All good, Bobby?" Logan asked, clutching his cigar between his lips as they both headed for the exit, to which he replied with a ,,Sure, training is exhausting," which Logan dismissed with a skeptical nod, not wanting to interfere in the teenagers' affairs.

Strictly speaking, they weren't teenagers, he was 19 and an adult according to the law and Rouge was 18 and an adult, so why was Logan still treating them all like that?

A question he couldn't finish thinking when he saw Rouge waiting for him in the corridor. But her look told the Cyrokinesian that it meant trouble. ,,I have no problem with you being gay Bobby really...but Kitty what was that about?" the gothic girl said and gave him a questioning look as they both walked slowly through the corridors.

A sigh escaped his lips and he knew something like this was coming. ,,She saved me from the racket, that's all. Really Rouge you know-" he wanted to finish his sentence but he could already feel the painful slap on his skin that she had gotten from Logan's power.

It still bothered her that she couldn't hold her friends for more than a few seconds and he saw how it bothered her more and more every day.

,,John...I know John's the only one and yet Bobby it's been months," she replied and even though they both knew the subject they were broaching was a sensitive one, it was a subject that had more of a future than Jean not being given up by Scott.

Now it was the ice creator's turn to give her a cold bite as they stepped outside into the courtyard and sat down under the tree as they had done then and Bobby could only grin bitterly.

It still hurt and with each passing day he seemed to feel John's kiss and warmth less and less. ,,I know Rouge I know how unlikely it is we're on two sides and yet you didn't leave Logan behind either," he argued and saw her nod, she would do anything for her father figure, probably follow him to his death and she could understand that it was hard.

Before the two of them became quiet, they looked up at the sky, where clouds were forming for a long time even though it was supposed to be sunny.

He briefly felt a hand on his, a squeeze from his girlfriend, a sign that she was still there for him before he nodded and closed his eyes, searching in the darkness for the flame that haunted him every night...searching again for John, trying to find him even if he wasn't a telepath the idea was nice.........the idea would be nice not to be in this miserable city the mutant thought to himself as his footsteps stopped through the dark alleys.

The fog wavered lightly over the ground and the moon only half peeked out from behind the clouds that had been hanging over the city for days and weeks. It was an atmosphere better than the friendly talk at the school, and yet that atmosphere meant trouble.

He kept one hand out of his pocket to have access to the flamethrowers on his wrists at all times. They had more power and stamina than the flamethrower in his pocket but sacrifices had to be made and this was a small one.

,,Where's the damn place," he muttered, having already passed countless postmortem homeless, lost mutants and the odd battered half-dead. He had to find the church where a meeting was to be held and that was all the information he had.

Playing with the cap of his zipo lighter in his trouser pocket and letting the click sound again and again, he was just coming back to one of the main streets when a bright poster caught the corner of his eye.

Walking to the wooden post on which numerous faded and old notes and signs were hanging, he saw the yellow slip. ,,Bingo," he said and was about to reach for his cell phone when he paused and looked over the note.

An older one was slightly faded, but the large X clearly showed him where and from whom the note came. Even now you're still following me...Bobby he thought contemptuously and tore the note off before looking at the crumpled X before he burned it to dust with ease and the gray fine mass slid to the ground from his hand.

He was no X-Men he had never been one they had never wanted him to begin with, an outsider among outsiders and he would not come back not for his "friends" and not...not for Bobby either.

With one last scornful look, suppressing the memory of his past, he pulled out his cell phone and called Magneto, who was waiting for him before answering. ,,I've got the location, we're ready to go," he said, sending his location to the older man before glancing at the church across the street with the note in his hand, which had clearly seen better days before he looked over at it and disappeared behind the large wooden doors with one last look behind him at the dark surroundings.

As soon as he entered, the smell of old damp wood, metal and dust hit him, something that was not necessarily pleasant, but he knew this smell of decay like the orphanage, like his home, and he tried to push this memory to the back of his mind, he had not thought about it for a long time and would not do so now. With a watchful, observant gaze, he remained at the back of the gathering, looking at the lost mutants and figures.

Disdain and hocmut lay in his dark eyes as he continued to play with his fire train and listen to the boring speech of naivety of the orator mutant who still believed in humans.

,,Stupid idiot" he mumbled and crumpled the yellow piece of paper before crushing it on the ground, he was here with Magneto to finally be a god, he was here to fulfill his destiny, he was here to be what he was meant to be and not to talk to humans.

After a few minutes he heard the door open again and he exchanged a look with Magneto as he rode in beside him. ,,That's enough shut up!" he shouted, making the speaker flinch as he moved him aside with a simple warning look to allow his new teacher and leader to take his place. He knew the words that overdraft power knew very well and would probably never have joined otherwise.

However, he saw the determination in the eyes of some of the members before with the words, ,,Follow me for a new age" they set off again he felt his anticipation for the fight for more of a purpose. ,,Hey, and what can you do?" he heard a male voice and saw amguy and three women standing with them.

Prowling punks as he would have categorized them, but when one suddenly got spikes that were not only deadly but also poisonous and the other suddenly flashed back and forth, he knew it could be interesting. ,,I can burn you and turn you to ash," he warned and saw the surprised expressions on the four of them before Erik stood in front of him and started talking to them.

Apparently they had found their first allies, it would only be a matter of time before the others and eventually everyone else joined in...and those who didn't would suffer the consequences.

,,We're going to get an old friend," Magneto decided and John knew when he meant the shapeshifter Mystique who was captured after she was supposed to provide documents on mutants for Erik.

,,And make everything a little more interesting," he said, seeing the smirk on the older man's lips before they stepped out of the church and back into the open air of dark New York. John felt the tingle in his body, the tingle of his mutation he could hardly wait to use his fire again it was time to put his past behind him once and for all.

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