Bab 38: Through the Flames
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**Terry Stark**
Finishing my search of one of the buildings that matched a possible mutant hideout, I was starting to get a little nervous. As much as I brushed it all off with a joke and a smile, sometimes the weight of personal responsibility is overwhelming.
If only Peter hadn't been chosen by me for this show, his life wouldn't be in grave danger today. And as much as I grasp at my silly theory that he's not that simple and there's a serious organisation behind him - those are just my silly attempts to disbelieve the fact that someone might not want me.
- Is something wrong? - Julia's voice rang out at my smile, the fallen man's. The smile of someone who made her living off war and other people's suffering.
- Stephanie, why don't we split into two groups?
- It's too dangerous. - replied Captain America, who was in another part of the ruined mansion.
- Do you think they can defeat us after all? - frankly, her unwillingness to listen to me tugged at my nerves.
- ...You are.
- WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?!
- Haa... Their leader is Magneto, and you're-- You're practically ballast.
- What did you say?! Isn't your shield made of metal?!
- ...You know I'm a unit without it, right?
- Grrr! - I had nothing to say to that, and it's infuriating. I'll make a suit out of carbon nanotubes...
**Peter**
As I was falling down I thought about how the rising ash fires looked quite beautiful, understandably from my perspective falling at high speed they were taking off, in reality they were manoeuvring downwards, but it looked amazing.
...Speaking of which, instead of thinking about the cool visuals, I should have remembered the proper way to land from a high altitude-.
*♪ Bang, bang, bang ♪
Ah, never mind, my body decided to land in an epic superhero pose, dropping to one knee and head down.
- You. - Sabretooth's faint voice sounded nearby.
- Don't worry, Kitten, I won't leave a woman from my harem in trouble! - Looked straight at her with a smile and a raised eyebrow. Poser.
Weakened from her wounds, she stretched out her arm in my direction and from her lips snapped:
- You're burning...
By the way, my arse did feel suspiciously warm.
When I turned round I noticed that my bloody trousers were made of flammable material and my buns were not cooking on a low flame!
.....
With a huge hole in my trousers, I quickly examined Sabretooth using my vast medical knowledge from my OBJ lessons.... So yeah, hell knows if she can be moved, but since there's no choice anyway, I loaded her onto my back.
By the way, when Sabretooth is so tightly pressed against my body with hers, it's impossible not to think about....
- If you feel pain or discomfort, you can scream.
- I'll keep that in mind.
- Just not loudly and not in my ear.
- And how do you see it?! - Why get angry? I'm just clarifying the pinching thing!
Deciding not to waste time arguing, I got up from my knees and walked.....
- By the way, how do we escape? - There was a sudden lapse in my plan, so I had to put off walking again.
- ...The only option is to take the stairs.... Although I'm not sure we'll make it before the next explosion.
- It's okay, I've got it covered, Kitten. - There really are considerations. - Show me the way!
Having got directions, I was finally able to start moving through the fire, debris and black smoke covering everything around me.
....
- Kgha-kgha, aren't you having a hard time? - Sabretooth asked tiredly after a few metres.
- No, it's not bad at all.
Besides the fact that I literally do not feel her weight, I do not feel hot, and breathe quite freely. Apparently, I've got a lot of "power" going for me... Some kind of cheat in the cheat turns out to hit everything and at once in one stat.
*♪ Bang, bang, bang ♪
The ceiling in front of us suddenly toppled over, blocking the passage beyond.
- Kgha! Kghaa! - it took the breath away from my burden.
I just stepped over the fire, which tickled my feet a little, didn't hurt at all. Absolute cheat, I tell you. The only thing is, I had to be careful and yet nimble due to the not so steady load in front of the fire.
.....
- We're-- Here. Die?
- I don't know about you, but I'm not sure I'm capable of dying. - I don't know if I'm overpowered.
- Here. How... - After weakly responding to my boisterous statement, Sabretooth continued after a few seconds. - If that's the case, then... Tell Wolverine that she can't escape the fate of becoming me....
- Like hot? - I questioned.
- No! An uncontrollable beast!
Suddenly something occurred to me.
- Look, somehow your speech has become clearer, Kitten.....
- Erm.
- And there's no sign of pain on your face.
- Well.
- Do I really have to carry you on my back? You don't happen to have any superpowers involving, I don't know, wound healing, do you?
- Truth be told.
- The truth?
- ...Я...
- You?
- ...I don't know what you're talking about.
- Liar! - but what else would you expect from a supervillain?
.....
To my own surprise, I threw Hairy off me and forced her to continue on foot. Not surprisingly, she was moving almost freely, and the problems that arose could be explained by the fire and smoke around her.
In any case, it was much quicker to move without a live load on our backs, so we reached the stairs in a hurry.
Which turned out to be...
-It's about 50 metres up!!! - It's a hell of a long way up. I had no idea we were so deep underground!
- Grrr... - Sabretooth clenched her fangs. - We won't be able to get up before the next explosion, and it may well be the last one for these walls.
While Hairy darted upwards, skipping steps and even flights of stairs, clearly exhausted and opening wounds that hadn't fully healed, I stood still at the bottom.
With a force of thought, I opened the menu of the pumping, walked through the stats with my eyes:
Strength: 42/20
Dexterity: 11/20
Intelligence: 15/20.
Suddenly, I noticed another stat that wasn't there before. Apparently one of the hidden stats.
Kisses: 12/20
Wow... It's stellar how important this stat is compared to the others. What's next, fork-slicing sausages?
Okay, I need to pump up my dexterity now, as it's responsible for my speed. Twenty is the limit of human capability. But I'm not sure that's enough. I'll make it thirty.
- Whew. - After stretching my ankles a bit, I was about to do something I should never do.....
On an exhale, I ran up the stairs at the speed of a car.
- Whoa! - I almost hit Sabretooth on the way down. - What about me?!
Don't worry, I'll come back for you if you don't....
- А?!.. - this is why you should never run up stairs. - Agh! Ouch! Ghaaaa! Ooh!
After running thirty flights, the next thing I knew I was down twenty, hitting everything I could from head to arse.
- What's up, Kitten? - I stopped at Sabretooth's feet and addressed her with a smile.
- ... - and she smiled back at me, a crooked and shaky smile, just like her right, no, I mean upside down, left eye.
-A few tries and falls later-
- Get in, Kitten! - I put Sabretooth on my back, after another fall.
- Huh?
- Don't worry, this time you'll make it! - Well, I did almost make it to the top last time, but I don't quite share the confidence of my overconfident body.
- W- Sure?
- Of course, Kitten, I'd never let you get hurt. - she climbed on my back in doubt. - Just out of interest, your regeneration ability is quite powerful, isn't it?
- Yeah. What's the question? - Hairy asked with an obvious hunch in her voice.
- Don't worry, Kitten, I won't fall this time for sure...! I guess?
- Wait, empty-IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!! - before she could finish, I rushed upstairs. - MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
**Gina Grey**
Upon arriving, the girls and I were immediately confronted by a pillar of smoke obscuring the entire abandoned branch of the underground railway. Not wanting to put the students at any greater risk, I contacted the others. Then I started scanning the thoughts of the people in the neighbourhood, in case anyone needed help.
...But there were no voices coming from where the viscous smoke had originated.
.....
After a while, the Fantastic Four appeared and headed inside, using Sue's telekinetic shield.
I, on the other hand, kept in their heads in case of attack or other emergencies.
And why was Joanna so happy that I didn't go in there and that they were ahead of the Avengers and other members of the X-Men? And what's with the random picture of Peter with a rose in his teeth and on a white horse!!!?
.....
Time passed, both groups arrived, the fire was extinguished, and with the Iron Lady's scan, Magneto's hideout was discovered... Discovered under many tonnes of rubble.
While many were lost in speculation as to what could have happened here, McCoy found signs of escape, presumably NEWT, Pyro and Mystique.
Falcon Eye a couple of minutes later also found claw marks on the wall with soot marks. Sabretooth had left that mark.
At the same moment, Wolverine caught a strange scent, rushed towards it, and followed it with a shout.
- This way!
When we approached, in Lancea's hands were Peter's trousers, torn at the arse. What kind of torture did they put him through?!
- And why am I not surprised that it was you who found his trousers...? - Gambit said with a smile. Trying to understand the reason for her tone and Wolverine's irritation, I was getting even more lost, for I don't understand what pickles have to do with it....
- The good news is that he's alive. - began Captain America.
- But where is he? - Black Widow asked, as confused as I was about the torture Parker had been through.
- Maybe he went upstairs for help? - Ria let out a hunch.
- ...But there have been no reports of his whereabouts. - Stark said after a while, after getting the information from Julia.
- THERE'S NO WAY HE'D GO INTO TOWN GO INTO TOWN IN HIS UNDERWEAR? - Bunny said in his underwear.
STOP!!!
He's still under my influence, isn't he?! I was hoping it would go away on its own, but...!
What if Peter, who was trying to sleep with me and actively flirting with me, is out there now, inside the jaws of the city and its nightlife? Then....
...New York is in danger!
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