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Flashback **
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Chapter 30: ...Because you didn't know what you had...
" What are you telling us?" Johnny said angrily.
" Kids say that someone, fitting the description of Namor, King of Atlantis, came and took him away." Charles Xavier said, explaining what happened to Pane only hours ago, " It seems that he was searching for me."
" Why would he be searching for you, Professor?" Scott asked.
Professor Xavier and Reed Richards exchanged knowing glances.
" I do not know." Professor said.
" Well, how are we going to get him back?" Johnny asked angrily.
" We should go..." Scott started.
Just then, there was a message. Everyone gathered around the computer in the War Room to see Namor. Pane sat in the background, guards all around him.
" You SON OF A BITCH!" Johnny shouted at the computer.
Namor's eyes looked around the room and settled on him and the rest of the Fantastic Four, " You four! I had a feeling you'd be there. I wish to speak with Xavier!" he said.
" If you touch one hair one his head!" Logan said gruffly.
" Logan," Xavier said, wheeling closer, " Namor. If you are looking for me, here I am. Release Pane and we shall discuss anything you'd like."
" I do not trust you." Namor said, " No harm will come to him, but you shall come to Atlantis."
" We'll be there." Scott said.
" No, just Xavier. And the four." Namor said, " We shall wait for your arrival."
" Fine." Xavier said, disconnecting from Namor.
" We're not letting just you four go, Chuck." Logan growled, " This has ambush written all over it."
" I am fully aware of the consequences for such rapid action, but it is what has to be done." Xavier said, turning to everyone, " You will stay here and wait. If you have not heard back from us in six hours, you should try other actions."
" I'm sorry Professor, but I agree with Logan." Scott said, " It's not just a promise to you, it's..."
" My grandson and great-grandchild." Xavier said sternly, " You should trust that I would never let anything happen to either."
" We don't have much time, it would be best if you left." Ororo said quickly, " We do trust that you will bring him back."
" You're damn right we're bringing him back." Johnny said angrily.
" Still..." Logan started.
Scott sighed, " Logan." he said, " Fine, but you have six hours."
They all agreed and left the War Room, heading to Atlantis.
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I sat in my chair, guarded by the Atlanteans. I looked around at the beautiful place encased by this glass and the beautiful water and creatures outside. They seemed to be responding to something. I finally looked up at Namor, who was looking at me.
" What?" I asked angrily.
" It is curious that you, a human male would be with child. It is not everyday that..." Namor said.
" I'm a mutant. And..." I started.
Namor chuckled, " Then why haven't you used your powers on me?" he asked.
" My grandfather is coming. And when he gets here, I hope he kicks your ass." I smirked.
Namor stood and walked to me, " If your grandfather and the four plan on getting out of here alive, they will explain why they've attacked Atlantis." he said.
I looked up at him, " What?" I asked.
" Atlantis has been attacked and many have met their end." Namor said,
" And you think humans are behind it?" I asked, chuckling, " You got it wrong. We've been attacked too."
" You sound sincere." Namor said, studying my face.
" That's because I am." I said smuggly, " I could help you."
" What?" he asked, " How could you help me?"
" I can't touch people or I get their powers...and bits of their memories. Also, if I concentrate, I can get visions of the future." I said, " It takes a toll on me, but I..."
" Show me." Namor said, reaching out to me.
I looked at him, " You? Why? You trust me that much?" I asked.
" Strangely, yes." Namor said.
" Why wouldn't you use him?" I asked, pointing at a guard, " Or him, or him?" I asked.
" They are not the ones you have to convince." Namor said, reaching farther.
I nodded and reached out, touching him. What I saw scared me! There it was, Atlantis, in ruins! Then there was a war...and a kid. A kid that was hope. What did that mean? And those soliers...they were attacking! I retracted from him and looked up at the guards.
" YOU HAVE TO GO! NOW! THEY'RE HERE!" I shouted, standing.
Namor slumped over in my chair, " What is wrong?" he asked.
I looked at him, " Some crazy wars are coming...just hoping I can keep things civil. Then there's this miracle kid...I guess." I said, " But the most important thing now is that those wacky soldiers are here and I think they might cause Atlantis to totally crumble."
Namor looked up at the guards, " GO!" he shouted, dispatching the group.
Then he tried to move and bent down to him, " Don't." I said, " rest for a minute."
" I have to protect my kingdom!" he said, trying to rise.
" Look, if you have no energy and you walk out and get killed easily, that's not gonna save your kingdom." I said, looking out the window and seeing the 'invasion', " Why do you want to see Xavier?"
" The Illumanati." Namor said.
" What is it? And What about it?" I asked.
" It is anonymous and I cannot say." Namor panted.
" Had to try. We need to get you out of here. We're kinda..." I stopped and looked out the window to see a big vessel outside, " ...exposed." I said, grabbing him easily and running to the door, " What's the password?"
" Only the guards open and close this door." he said, sounding better.
" Well, where in the fuck are the guards?" I shouted, " Oh god, oh god...Are you alright?"
" Yes. I shall be fine." he said quickly.
I looked at the window as the vessel got ready to crack the windows and looked up to the door.
" If you truly have my powers, then you have my strength." he said, sitting up.
I nodded and turned back to the door, trying to part the doors. For a minute, nothing happened, but soon the door began to part and all I saw was orange. It was Ben! I ran and hugged him.
" Oh my god! Ben!" I said, noticing Johnny, Sue, Reed, and Xavier! I ran to Johnny and hugged him, " Johnny!"
" Are you alright?" he said, kissing me and looking me over, " Did he hurt you?!"
" No." I replied, " As a matter of fact, I think I've diffused the situation. Namor thinks we're attacking him. Those things that have been attacking everybody aren't stopping a the surface." I said, looking back at the glass breaking. I ran to Sue and touched her lightly, then turned to the hole in the window, preventing the vessel from entering, " Ben! Shut the door!" I said, struggling to keep the shield up.
" Can do!" Ben said, shutting the door.
After he did, I collasped into Johnny's arms.
" We need to get out of here." Sue said.
" Yes." Xavier said.
" No." I panted, " We have to help Namor."
" We need to get you and the baby out of here." Reed said.
" They are right, you should go." Namor said, sprinting off.
" No." I said, causing him to stop, " We could get Fury here and..."
" No, no more outsiders." Namor said sternly.
I looked around, " Ok, then I'll help." I said.
Johnny grabbed my arm, " Pane..." he said.
" Johnny, I love it that you came here for me, totally out of your character, but if you didn't know me and there wasn't a baby, you'd try to help and find out who's doing this. That shouldn't stop." I said.
Sue nodded, " He's right." she said.
" Can you guys swim?" I asked.
" There's these pills stretch made to help us breathe." Ben said.
" Who are these guys?" Johnny asked.
" They are Friends of Humanity." Xavier said, causing us to turn and look at him, " It has come to my attention that every mutant is being targeted."
" But aliens are..." Reed started, then thought about it, " which could be considered a different species of mutants..."
" Wait! You're telling me that humans are attacking humans?!" Johnny asked, " Didn't see that comin."
" I did." I said angrily, " Ok, I've heard of these assholes before, Graydon Creed is behind this, isn't he?"
" Of course." Xavier said.
I looked at him and he stared at me. I could feel his mind, attempting to talk to mine, or apparently already talking to mine.
" Charles." I said.
He shook his head, " We need to split up." he said.
" I'm going with Pane." Johnny said.
" Me and Sue will help where we can." Reed said.
" Looks like me and the good professor are going to hand out some pain." Ben smirked.
" 'Hand out some pain?'" Johnny said, " How lame."
" Keep talking matchstick." Ben said, heading off with professor Xavier.
" Are you sure about this?" Johnny asked.
" Is that Johnny Storm? Or...Oh my gosh, you're scared." I said. He frowned at me, " It's okay. I mean, I'm kinda scared too, but you being scared is kinda different."
" We're surrounded by water." Johnny said.
" You're right. We should get out of here." I said, walking to a console.
" What are you doing?" Johnny asked.
" I'm calling the X-Men. If we're not gonna help, then we're getting them." I said. And I did and they communicated that they'd be there asap.
" You really wanna help him, don't you?" Johnny asked.
" I do. Atlantis is going to lie in ruins...hopefully i just changed that." I said.
" Then why would you leave when everything's telling you not to?" he asked.
" I love you." I said running in the down the hallway as he jogged behind me. We headed out of Atlantis.
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As we reached the city, we noticed that it was cloudy, where as the forecast called for sunshine. We looked at each other, knowing full well that this could be another attack. We raced to the Baxter building and we didn't stop until we were about two blocks away. That was when we heard rumbling and turned to see the biggest tank in history. It looked like the thing from "I, Robot" that housed the robots when they attacked...well, it looked like that. I looked at him and he looked at me.
" Welcome wagon?" Johnny joked.
I looked back at the giant tank and sighed, throwing up quickly.
" You okay?" Johnny asked.
" No, i don't feel good." I said weakly.
The tank moved forward and I raised my hand, causing a forcefield to pop up around it and Johnny scooped me up, running back with me until we ran into a group of people standing in the way.
" The Avengers...I'm glad you could come, I mean there's only a twenty foot tank chargin through the city." Johnny said casually.
" Pane?" a voice said.
I jumped out of Johnny arms and looked at them, " Avengers? Dad?" I asked.
Johnny looked at me, then at the group, " You're dad's an Avenger?" he asked.
Pietro walked out of the group with Wanda beside him.
" No way..." Johnny chuckled, " We have to get him out of here."
Wanda looked at me with surprise and Pietro noticed.
" What is it?" Pietro asked.
I looked down.
" We don't have time for this, I need to get him back to the Baxter building!" Johnny said, looking back.
" I can get him there." Pietro said.
Johnny looked at me and I nodded, " Okay, but I'll be there in a while." he said.
" Be careful." I said softly.
" I'm Johnny Storm." Johnny smiled, " Besides, I'm coming back."
I smiled weakly at him, then turned to Pietro and he grabbed me as we sped away from the situation. Once we were at the front steps of the Baxter building, I ran inside, past the door man and into the elevator with Pietro right beside me.
" So, what's the big secret?" Pietro asked.
The elevator bell dinged, " You're a grandfather." I said, walking from the elevator.
" What?" Pietro said, following me into the opening.
" He's pregnant." a voice said, causing us to look towards it. Magneto pulled himself from the shadows, " And You are going to be a grandfather."
Pietro looked from him to me, " Really?" he asked.
" Does that make you do a happy dance or, you know, a run around me real fast and cause a storm?" I asked.
" It'd be nice if you didn't have a kid so young, I'm going to be a granddaddy, so that's cool!" Pietro said excitedly.
I was shocked.
" I am somewhat, excited as well." Magneto said, " Four generations of Maximoff men standing in this room."
" Who said my kid was a boy?" I asked.
" Just a guess." Magneto smiled, " Do you know what's happening?"
" Another attack?" I asked.
" Try the attack." Magneto said, throwing his hands toward the t.v. and it flipped on, " Everyone, including Charles' intergalactic friends are being attacked."
" So, one last genocidal gesture?" I asked.
" Yes." Magneto said, " I assume you know who is behind all this?"
" Graydon." I said.
" Of course, the friends of humanity." Pietro said quickly.
" IS this all because of Galactus?" I asked.
" No. This has been building for years." Magneto hinted.
" Anti-Mutant Registration!" Pietro and I said together.
" Bingo." Magneto said.
" We have to stop him." I said, " How?"
" We must kill Creed." Magneto said.
" What? NO!" I said.
" Do you want a better world for your baby?" Magento asked, " I know it is a terrible thing to kill someone, but things have to be done."
On the t.v., Graydon was talking, but soon he stopped and everyone gasped, causing us to look around. He stood for a few seconds, then fell to the ground.
My eyebrows shot up, " Anti-climatic?" I asked.
" This is truly the end of these attacks..." Magneto smiled.
" No, " I Frowned, " The war...a civil one. There's...I saw it." I said.
" A war?" Magneto asked, " How fitting."
Just then there was a crash and Johnny slid in through the window!
I ran and bent down to him, " Johnny, are you okay?" I asked.
Johnny pointed out the window.
I ran to the window and saw the tanks disappearing and I looked back to see Magento and Pietro gone. I raced to Johnny, who was trying to sit up.
" Told ya they were afraid of me." he chuckled.
" You ass! You could have been killed!" I said angrily.
Johnny just laughed and looked up at me, " God you're hot when you worry." he said.
I just stared at him.
" I love you." Johnny said seriously.
" What?" I asked.
" I love you." he said again.
I bent lower and kissed him, " I love you, too." I smiled, helping him up as we walked towards the window.
Ok, surely you might think you've figured the story out so far, but my new story has to do with a new arc in the actual comic book and if you're looking for action, the next chapter is going to be the chapter for you. So if you have input or anything, just email me at Femtoka2@yahoo.com