At least not every single person in the country has their head shoved firmly up their respective ass.

So I've finally broken free of the Windows MediaPlayer chains and gone home to Winamp. It's just more pleasant.



Wait

It was one word. Four letters. An imperative command. And it changed everything.

He wasn't going to say anything, honestly, but in the second before 'too late' Bobby saw the future spiral out before him. John would leave, angry and, yes, jealous. Maybe he'd make it inside the facility just to get yelled at by Logan or Jean and he'd finally have enough. Or he wouldn't even make it inside before Magneto or whoever would find him and kill him.

Or turn him.

Bobby wasn't stupid. He could tell John was frustrated with being relegated to observer and kid most of the time and if Bobby could see it, he was pretty sure someone like Magneto could too. When he got like this, John was liable to do stupid things.

Sure, Bobby'd have Rogue, sort of, but she'd eventually leave him for Logan or some as yet to be named mutant and he'd be alone. No girlfriend, no best friend. Alone.

So he picked the other path.

"John, wait. The two of us have a better chance." And the look on John's face ... It wasn't that annoying smirk Bobby hated more than just about anything. No, it was relief and a little disbelief, like he wasn't sure Bobby was serious.

"Bobby, Logan said -"

"I know what 'Logan said.'" It wasn't that he disliked Logan. He actually kind of liked the guy when every woman in a five mile radius wasn't panting after him. Not that he could blame them and, wow, that was a thought to be examined much, much later. Like never. "But John is my best friend."

"He's a delinquent, Bobby."

"Well, yeah, but -"

"Hey, I'm standing right here!"

" - I think a little delinquency is needed here, don't you?"

Bobby watched Rogue's eyes flicker back and forth between him and John for a second before she seemed to come to some sort of realization. "You're both delinquents. Get out of here and save the day."

"Come on, Pyro, let's go kick some ass."

***

The ass kicking didn't go as planned.

Between John's complete lack of tolerance for the cold, the crazy, debilitating headache, and Magneto's Faustian appearance, they were lucky to make it back to the Blackbird in one piece.

Jean wasn't so lucky.

So it needs some work especially since I haven't seen the movie in a month or so, but a workable start I think.