" Get those fires out!"
" I need some help over here, we got a few more bodies!"
An hour after the Riot at Alcatraz finally ended, Captain America looked around at the devastation the Island had suffered.
" This is one big mess." Steve spoke.
" Nothing we could have done about it, Steve. We didn't plan on Otto attacking a prison just to free one man. We've been busy with keeping things running straight recently. For now, let's just focus on getting things under control and getting these inmates locked back up." Tony told the man.
" You're right, Tony. Its just things seem to be getting so far out of hand. Things have changed from the old days." Steve replied.
" That's the thing about the world, Steve. It's always changing. Sometimes for the better. And other times... Well, let's not worry about that right now. Like I said, let's focus on the here and now. We'll worry about tomorrow's crisis, tomorrow." Tony told the man.
Steve nodded and walked with Tony to help with the clean-up and search and rescue.
" Ugh!" Ian groaned, he began waking up from his slumber and felt his body was heavy. Most likely due to the fact that he was still pretty heavily injured.
" Easy, love. Yuir still hurt vera bad." Rahne told the boy. She placed her hand on his chest and back and helped ease him up.
" Of all the faces on this Island right now, I'm glad it's yours that I got to wake up to." Ian told the woman. " Ugh!" He groaned and grabbed his chest as he sat up. " Sorry, still a little bad."
" I'm so proud of ye." Rahne told the boy.
" For what?" Ian asked.
" For everathin. Ye saved lives today. Ye took charge. Ye did something amazing. Ye did good. And I'm so proud of ye." Rahne told the man.
" Thank ye, love. I really needed tha'." Ian told the woman. " I wish we were alone, I really wan tae kiss ye." Ian spoke.
" Don' worry, yuir trial is coming soon. Scott and Emma are confident, you'll be freed on all charges, and this only further proves yuir innocence. Just one more week." Rahne told the man.
" I hope so." Ian replied. He lifted one of his legs up and placed it on the ground. He pressed himself up and tried to stand.
" Hey, Hey, Hey! What are you doing? You need to lay back down now." Tigra said as she approached Ian and Rahne.
Rahne turned around and growled at Tigra, warning her to keep her distance.
" Keep, yuir hands tae yuirself, cat-bitch." Rahne growled.
" Knock it off, ya mangey mutt. I'm only doing my job. I don't want to get involved in whatever this is." Tigra told the woman.
" Grrrrrrrrrr!"
" RAAAWH!"
Rahne and Tigra both started growling at each other drawing the attention of their teammates.
" Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Take it easy ladies, let's not claw each other apart right now." Hawkeye exclaimed.
" Rahne, get it together." Scott told the woman.
Hawkeye and Scott both got between the two women and separated them. The moment they did, both Rahne and Tigra calmed down and relaxed.
" Sorry, I dinnae mean tae do that." Rahne told the woman.
" Likewise, my instincts kind of just took over for a moment." Tigra cringed a little and then walked off with Hawkeye.
" What was that face you made?" Clint asked.
" Sorry, her pheromones were just radiating off of her. God, what is her problem?" Tigra replied.
Meanwhile, Scott was once again scolding Rahne for losing control.
" What was that about, Rahne?" Scott asked.
" I'm sorry, Scott. I honestly dinnae know what came over me." Rahne told the man.
" You need to get it together, Rahne. And fast. I can't bring you into the field if you keep acting out every time. I thought you had gotten this under control, but maybe you should take some more time off the field." Scott spoke.
" Hey, now. Ye don' get tae talk tae her like that Shades. She was only protecting me, so lay off." Ian told the man.
" She just threatened to fight an Avenger. That isn't the firt time she's-"
" I said, Lay. Off." Ian told the man.
He stood up straight and glared at Scott.
" Not the time. We'll talk more about this later. for now, you both need rest." Scott spoke up. He walked away leaving the two to be alone. He didn't want to cause any more of a scene in front of the hero community, such a thing would only reflect badly on the x-men.
Seeing that Rahne was feeling bad about her actions, Ian wrapped his arm around her shoulder.
" Hey, don't be sad. He's just being an enormous dick, like always." Ian told the woman. " Come on, I want to see how, Logan's doing. Ye mind helping me over tae him?" Ian asked.
" Of course. Come on, I got ye." Rahne told the man.
" Good, cause. I'm so tired." Ian laughed.
Rahne shook her head and laughed herself.
It was beginning to feel like good times once again.
Ian and Rahne hobbled over to Logan, Gambit, Colossus, Kitty, and Hank who were sitting together resting from their fights. Colossus had fought both the absorbing man and Abomination. Gambit fought Nitro. And Hank had helped deal with Hobgoblin and jack'o Lantern.
" Heh! I know that smell from anywhere. So, finally got yer ears wet huh, runt?" Logan spoke up.
" HEY! I thought I recognized that midget with a scowl. How's it goin Logan?" ian replied.
" HA! It's been rough. But it's good ta see ya kid." Logan told the man.
" It's good tae see ye, Logan." Ian replied.
" How are you holding up, son?" Hank spoke up. he was curious to know how Ian was doing, he always was his favorite student.
" Well, besides you know, being beaten by the staff, being beaten to near death, twice by the other inmates, the first time I was completely defenseless. So, other than all of that. I'd say great." Ian told the man sarcastically.
" I see. I am... Sorry for all of this." Hank spoke up. " We should have fought harder for you both."
Ian looked at the man and sighed.
" Well, we're long past any regrets now. What's done is done. I have no problems with you, Mr. McCoy. You weren't the ones who turned your backs on me." Ian spoke.
" Scott didn't turn his back on you, Tovarich. He's been trying his best to keep everyone together and help you both out. He's really trying." Piotr told him. He tried defending Scott, but Ian wasn't hearing any of it.
" Yeah, come on Ian. Scott's doing his best. Can't you forgive them all ready?" Kitty asked.
" No, I can't. I can put aside my own personal grudges to do what's needed but as far as forgiving or even trusting them again. I doubt it. It's not hard to gain my trust, it's even easier to lose it. Getting it back.... Well, so far only one person has been able to do that. And that was the only person to have my back, Julian. That's it." Ian exclaimed. He was beginning to heat up just talking about it. Ian realized he was beginning to get aggressive and took a deep breath. " Sorry, still a sore nerve. Look I came over here because I wanted to see how you all were doing. But I think right now isn't the best of times. Come on, Rahne. Can you help me back tae ma bed?" Ian asked.
" Of course. I'll be back in a moment guys." Rahne told the others.
" Nah, take yer time, Rahney. We ain't goin anywhere anytime soon." Logan told the woman. He was the only person at the school who knew what was going on between Ian and Rahne and judging by the fact that no one else said anything Ian was grateful that Logan kept it a secret.
As they walked away, Ian leaned over and whispered to Rahne.
" Hey, Rahne." Ian spoke.
" What is it?" Rahne asked. " Do ye need something?"
" No, more like I need tae tell ye something." Ian stated. His eyes seemed to roll in the back of his head and his skin turnd cold.
" Ian yuir scaring me. What is it?" Rahne asked.
" I might have forgot to mention, that Logan knows." Ian told the woman. He yanked the Band-Aid off as fast as he could, knowing waiting any longer would only prolong the pain later.
" Knows what?" Rahne asked.
" About us. You know, us, us!" Ian stated.
" Och, dear. That's bad. That is so bad." Rahne spoke. She started to panic a little and looked back to Logan who only grinned.
" Don't worry. If he hasn't told on us yet. Then he won't now. It's nothing to worry about. I just thought you should know." Ian explained.
" Thank ye for lettin ma know. I dinnae want tae think about what would happen if ye dinnae." Rahne spoke.
" Yeah, Logan would probably try some way to get a rise out of ye, hahaha-" Ian started laughing, but stopped when he heard the sound of guns clicking.
" FREEZE, MUTIE! YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE!" A group of armed soldiers, who had been summoned to help transport the prisoners off the island, all stormed Ian and Rahne with guns pointed straight at them.
" What the hell? I saved yer asses, and this is how you repay me?! By pointing a gun at me?! YOU DARE POINT A GUN AT ME?! I WILL TEAR YOU APART!" Ian shouted. He was beyond angered that the police would point their guns at him after he risked his life to stop the riot and save the guards.
" THAT'S A THREAT!"
" What the hell, man! Hey, he saved your asses, and this is how you repay him?" Josh exclaimed.
" Yeah, what the hell man?"
" Yeah, get out of here."
" We saved the day."
" Come on!"
" Same old racists bastards, I'll flatten ya!"
The New Mutants and Hellions both came rushing to Ian's side, to defend him. Something that didn't go completely unnoticed by Ian himself.
" You kids need to step aside, he's a n inmate just like the others and needs to be collared and transported off to the Raft." Iron Man spoke. He landed in front of the soldiers and raised his arm up.
" RAWH! You want to lose that arm, Stark?" Logan asked.
" Not at all, Logan. Just doing my job." Tony told the man.
" So are we." Scott stated He and the rest of the X-men gathered around Ian .
" You don't want to do this, Summers." tony told the man.
" He saved lives, today. And you repay him, by pointing your weapons in his face? No, I think we do want to do this." Scott replied.
" Tony! Stop!" Steve yelled.
" Not the time, Cap." Tony told the man.
" What the hell is your problem, Stark?" Steve asked.
" I'm just taking in another Inmate, Steve. Ya know? Doing my job." Tony told the man.
" Stark, this kid was a hero today." Steve told the man.
" Yeah, a hero siting in Alcatraz. Sure, Steve." Tony remarked.
" Awaiting, Trial. He hasn't been proved guilty of anything at all." Pierce spoke up. " Hey, sorry I'm late. but I don't have powers. Or a fancy jet that cross the states in minutes." Pierce explained. " Unfortunately, Mr. Stark, he'll be coming with me to a local jail in San Francisco." Pierce told the man.
Tony looked at the man and narrowed his eyes.
" Fine, I can see this isn't getting anywhere. You take him then. Let me know, if anything happens. I got a cell waiting for him at the raft." Tony spoke. He turned around and walked away from the scene with the police, who were dismissed by the FBI.
" Thank you, Pierce." Scott said to the man.
" Don't worry about it. I should be thanking you all for helping everyone out here. You too, kid. You did a good thing today. This will be a big help for you at Trial. I wish I could let you go now, but unfortunately; I still need you to come with me. But you can take some time to say goodbye if you want." Pierce told the man.
" This doesn't change things between us... But thanks." Ian spoke. " Come on, Pierce. Let's go." Ian sighed. He stuck his hands out for pierce to cuff him.
" Don't worry about it. I don't see a reason to embarrass you after today. Just promise you won't try to escape." Pierce spoke.
" Yeah, I promise. Just let's go. I'm tired." Ian spoke.
" All right, all right. Come on, we have a boat on the beach. We'll take it back to shore and take a car to the jail." Pierce explained as he led Ian away from the others.
Ian felt a sharp pain in his chest calling him to look back. When he did, he saw just how Concerned Rahne was again.
Seeing her concern, Ian smiled a great big smile, letting her know it was alright. He was fine.
Rahne, kept her eyes locked onto Ian until finally he and Pierce vanished.
" AWHOOOOOOOOOOO!" Rahne suddenly let out a loud and eerily pitched howl right into the night.
" Ahhh! Rahne. Did ya need to do that?" Kitty asked. She, like everyone else, rubbed her ears from the sudden noise.
Rahne shook her head and slumped away, back to the jet.
No one could understand why she had done what she did. None except two, who just happened to both be the most animalistic members of their own teams. Logan and Tigra.
" What was that about?" Clint asked.
" I'm not too sure.... But she sounded so sad." Tigra told the man. Tigra or Greer, as is her real name, was a detective and in her mind, she was beginning to put two and two together. But she hadn't quite understood exactly what was going on.
" You said she was said?" Clint asked.
" Yeah, so sad. And so, hurt. It was painful. I know it well." Tigra told the man. " Come on. Let's go home. I've had enough worry for one day."
" Yeah... yeah okay." Clint replied. " What a day. No way, we ain't gonna hear this later." Clint stated.