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Peter usually enjoyed going on missions because it gave him the adrenaline he so desired, but today was a particularly hard day for him. On this date, he would usually haul himself up in his room listening to his favorite bands and letting his thoughts run through but most especially he would not be disturbed. This year wasn’t the case.
Normally an X-men member could ask for a day off when they weren’t feeling particularly up to it however this particular mission required the assistance of a speedster so even though he wanted to refuse wholeheartedly he couldn’t, mainly because of duty he had to uphold as an X-men but also because of the death glares his teammates were sending him when he was starting to say no.
So there he was running around evacuating hostages and throwing a punch here and there. When everyone was evacuated he went to where the rest of his teammates were and saw that Scott, Raven were getting cornered while Kurt and Jean laid unconscious on the floor.
How they managed to put unconscious two of the most powerful team members was beyond him but ignoring the thought he quickly ran over to them and milliseconds later the guards were all on the floor and a neat little pile of guns was stacked next to him.
Ororo came running a few moments after saying that she secured the hostages in a safe place.
“Thanks, Pete” Raven said giving a small smile
“A few seconds earlier and they wouldn’t be on the floor” Scott said quietly while pointing at Kurt and Jean.
Peter heard it and chose to ignore the comment.
While Scott and Raven made sure Jean and Kurt were okay, Ororo gave Peter a pointed look. They had gotten quite close after apocalypse and she could see that Peters's mind was elsewhere.
“How did they even manage to put them out” Peter asked
“They had some kind of machine, it didn’t really affect us but Jean started going crazy. I think it messed with brainwaves or something and then Kurt tried to take her to safety but then she released some sort of minor energy blast and knocked Kurt down along with herself. Luckily we were on the other side of the room” Raven explained while helping up Kurt
“Vhat happened” Kurt said while rubbing his forehead
“You were knocked out by Jean remember” Raven said very worriedly.
“Ahhhh yes…..how is she” Kurt said, him not having seen Jean yet.
“Unconscious” Scott stated while scooping her up bridal style.
“C’mon let's get out of here before more guards show up” he said while heading out.
Having reached the exit they passed by the corner where they left the hostages hidden. They were all mutant children who had been kidnapped and were to be tested for experiments having not been saved by the X-men.
All of them were around 6 to 8-year-old Romanian children. He wouldn’t say it aloud but the little girls in the group reminded him of his twin sister who passed away around their age. There was one girl in particular who struck him the most, not because of physical similarities but because of something that she said while they were all on their way to the plane.
It was clear to Peter that she was trying to stay in control of her mutants abilities, he didn’t know what they were but he could sense some sort of vibrations, it only calmed down while she said to herself some sort of mantra.
"Nu le pot controla frica, ci doar a mea” The little girl kept repeating the words over and over again, and while it helped her keep moving it made Peter stop at a complete halt.
And then moments after everything went to complete shit.