A Tale of Mischief and Mutants

The Heat of the Moment

—-Sam—-

The X-men start fighting at our side now. I smile as we acknowledge each other while we fight in the chaos. The group that came consists of Jean, Storm, Nightcrawler, Shadowcat, and Rogue. This group in combination with the Avengers present should be more than enough to send Magneto and his allies packing.

As I fight I see that Clint looks freaked out by Kurt and raises his bow defensively. Kurt had just teleported him out of the way of an oncoming hunk of metal and Clint seemed pretty confused by what just happened. Kurt flashes him a smile though and Clint seems to realize they're on the same side lowering his weapon and relaxing a little.

He looks around for the object he had seen flying towards him realizing its now several yards away he figures out that Kurt must have done something that saved him he smiles slightly and nods in gratitude. Yet another example of how wrong Magneto is.

Storm starts literally bringing the thunder as a storm starts it's not raining yet but the wind is doing a lot to keep the Brotherhood off their game. Kitty and Rogue with Natasha and Sam W's help have no problem taking out several members of the Brotherhood.

I see Pyro and Toad are now fighting Steve and Peter. Pyro is loosing his temper as he fights Steve and he flicks his lighter causing a fire I quickly put a shield up for Steve. This effectively blocks the flame but Pyro's angry and still looking for something to burn he spots Bruce, Thor, and Loki who are currently fighting the Juggernaut and Sabertooth.

Loki is concentrating on trying to tamper with the magic that gives the Juggernaut his abilities while Thor and Bruce are concentrating on fighting using brute force. I see what's about to happen I'm too far away to do anything but yell a warning.

"LOKI!!"

He looks up and summons a shield just in time to block most of the flames. Regardless I'm now making my way towards him in a terminator like fashion. I am behind Pyro and he's taken completely by surprise when I kick his legs out from underneath him. He falls on the ground and I grab his face with my hand roughly not bothering to look or at all caring where it lands giving him a concussion I know will cause a blackout now but painful headache later.

I continue towards Loki who's now laying on the ground. He's not burned per say but the heat that did reach him seems to have almost zapped his strength. That's probably not exactly what's happening but it's the best I can figure. I'm down on the ground with him I take his hand trying to take it but it's not working.

I spend several minutes trying this. He seems to be almost in a daze now and is shaking the heat is likely bringing back bad memories. I'm crying as Thor and Peter cover me. The best I can figure is whatever's happening with him doesn't have an equivalent with human biology. I think back to the fire beasts he didn't have this reaction to that... the fire Pyro produced must have been a lot hotter than the average flame.

"Lo' please... please talk to me, are you going to be ok?"

He's still shaking as he lies there obviously somewhat terrified and confused in his dazed state. I lift him up so he's leaning on me just so I can hold him he's nearly limp. He's heavy but I hold him nonetheless. I'm sobbing at the lack of an answer he's not ok he feels hot to the touch and is sweating profusely. Something is seriously wrong and I can't take it away.

I just sit here trying to comfort him for now because there's nothing else I can do. I keep trying to take it away hoping that maybe my abilities just stopped working due to the anxiety the situation brought out of me and not the incompatibility of our biology. I keep trying because I know nothing else can be done until the battle's over and I honestly don't know if he's going to make it that long.

Jean and Wanda have both been hard at work putting back every piece of metal Magneto has moved or is now trying to move it won't be long before their combined efforts render his abilities pretty much useless. He knows this and seems to signal a retreat. It seems like he's had an escape plan ready from the beginning he and his Brotherhood make their escape, leaving their wounded behind. I'm glad for that Magneto will be pissed he was forced to do that and Pyro will be detained by S.H.I.E.L.D.

Everyone, while irked by Magneto's escape, seems happy with being able to keep the situation under control and civilians safe they're smiling and laughing in celebration, that is until they each individually spot me and Loki. Steve being the leader comes up to us first, he's addressing Thor who's standing a couple feet away looking distraught by what's happening.

I can tell by Thor's body language that he's debating how to help in this situation not wanting to make anything worse and cause his brother more pain and at the same time not wanting to wait too long to take action. I don't think I've ever seen him this anxious. Steve sees this and questions him calmly not wanting to further Thor's apparent panic.

"What happened?"

Thor gestures to the unconscious Pyro lying on the ground and sounds extremely distressed and out of breath as if his mind is running a million miles a minute as he explains.

"This one attempted to burn him. I don't understand he put up a shield why didn't it work?!"

Steve looks at me looking a little confused he knows my track record with taking injuries from people I love. I manage to stutter out an answer to his unspoken question.

"It-it won't work."

I break down into even more tears as I say it out loud. I feel myself beginning to shake in anxiety there's suddenly a hand on my back Peter's beside me trying to comfort me. Thor pulls himself together and decides on a course of action, his voice takes on the authoritative and decisive tone I only ever hear him use when he's dealing with his kingly duties in New Asgard.

"We need to get him somewhere cold. Right now."

Steve and the rest of the group looks confused, Peter is the only other person who looks like he's on the same page. He nods looking like he's thinking.

"There are restaurants not too far from here. They'll have a walk in cooler."

Thor comes up to us clearly intending to carry Loki himself. I don't want to let go but I'm not nearly strong enough to carry him. I reluctantly let Thor take him from me. Loki let's out a scared whimper when he does and I can only guess this is due to memories of his torture. Thor looks thoroughly disheartened by this reaction and speaks softly to his brother.

"It's alright nobody's going to hurt you you're safe."

Loki just starts shaking probably not comprehending what Thor's trying to tell him. He's likely completely disoriented because of the pain and heat and has no idea where he is. I need to try and help keep him calm both for his sake and everyone else's safety too. I try to stand up to follow but my legs fall out from under me due to the anxiety. Peter catches me.

"I'll help you walk."

I nod. At the moment I don't care if this is pathetic I need to follow and my legs are too shaky to walk with on my own. I shakily stand up leaning on Peter and we follow Thor.